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engineer

[en-juh-neer] / ˌɛn dʒəˈnɪər /




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Lakshmi Ketineni is a newsroom graphics developer and data engineer.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 24, 2026

If you book a boiler service, an engineer can do this for you.

From BBC ● Oct. 23, 2026

A former studio engineer for Eminem pleads guilty to a charge of criminal copyright infringement.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 23, 2026

Kashif Mehmood, a fossil-fuel engineer who voted for incumbent Republican Gov. Mike DeWine in 2022, said he will now be voting Democratic across the ballot in large part because of inflation.

From Slate ● Oct. 23, 2026

One of the men asked my father if he was a tax accountant, and he answered, "No, an engineer."

From "Me Talk Pretty One Day" by David Sedaris

As he looked at the team of several dozen mechanics and engineers there to watch him, he felt oddly nervous.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026

The engineers next investigated how thick the gel should be.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 23, 2026

However, its winter outlook report comes after an independent investigation found engineers had "high levels of stress and concern" about their ability to ensure adequate supply due to differences between renewable and gas-fired power generation.

From BBC ● Oct. 22, 2026

Soon an informal working group had formed among security researchers and software engineers.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2026

Hydraulic engineering was a major concern for the first engineers, such as Leonardo, and consequently an immediate one for Galileo and his disciples.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton

That comes through magnificently on “Fudge,” which was modestly engineered compared to 2024’s “Small Changes.”

From Salon ● Oct. 23, 2026

"People hadn't seen this muscle architecture engineered from scratch before," Raman says.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 23, 2026

Karman, for example, supplies highly engineered systems for missiles, interceptors, drones and space.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 20, 2026

To confirm that the method could be reproduced, collaborators in the laboratory of Ravi Majeti, MD, PhD, at Stanford University independently demonstrated that GMPs could be maintained for extended periods and genetically engineered.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 16, 2026

It felt like my body was a machine, engineered to do nothing but shoot free throws.

From "The Million Dollar Shot" by Dan Gutman

To answer that question, researchers led by doctoral student Sabita Chourasia used genetic engineering to remove MTCH2 from human cells grown in the laboratory.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 24, 2026

She is now a sophomore engineering student and has rented a house near campus with four friends.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 24, 2026

Lacking sorcery or some other way to conjure up the ideal lover, we’re left with engineering.

From Salon ● Oct. 23, 2026

Carrier said the plant will provide 1,500 manufacturing and engineering jobs.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2026

Zach just got accepted to University of Washington on a full scholarship to study financial engineering.

From "A Heart in a Body in the World" by Deb Caletti


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