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engage

[en-geyj] / ɛnˈgeɪdʒ /






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Eddie Dempsey, RMT general secretary, said RMT reps at EMR had been "extremely patient" and tried to engage with management.

From BBC Jul. 21, 2026

He or she was to “implement and study innovative approaches for building research capacity in order to engage and retain students from a range of institutions and diverse backgrounds in STEM.”

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 21, 2026

The contract directs Capitol Hill-headquartered Ervin Graves Strategy Group to engage with the US Congress and government, and facilitate meetings including with Pentagon and National Security Council officials.

From Barron's Jul. 17, 2026

He said Conagra had what was “probably our strongest innovation pipeline” in place to engage consumers.

From MarketWatch Jul. 15, 2026

They were more likely to engage in active listening, saying such things as “Go on, tell me more about that,” and they were far more likely to laugh and be funny during the visit.

From "Blink" by Malcolm Gladwell

People who engaged most frequently and across the widest variety of activities were roughly a year younger biologically than those who didn’t.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 18, 2026

Nailah Williams, a 25-year-old content creator in Atlanta, was so engaged that she said she had a physical reaction to one scene while reading her Robert Fagles translation during a July 4 cookout.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 17, 2026

“I am grateful to the many residents, neighborhood organizations, and community leaders who remained engaged throughout this process,” McOsker wrote in the Facebook post.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 17, 2026

Weston engaged in a "sustained campaign of online impersonation", known as catfishing, the court was told.

From BBC Jul. 16, 2026

So along with a rivalry to grab overseas colonies, Britain and Germany engaged in a costly competition to build bigger and better battleships.

From "The War to End All Wars: World War I" by Russell Freedman

Instead of only telling patients to sit less, physicians may eventually encourage them to limit television time and choose more mentally engaging activities when they are seated.

From Science Daily Jul. 21, 2026

The text also demonstrates "an interest in engaging Congress to broaden constituencies of support for the partnership", said Threlkeld.

From Barron's Jul. 17, 2026

Some scholars have suggested that though their faces do not look upward, they are bearing witness to Mary’s coronation and thus engaging with colonial religious views.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 17, 2026

There’s no point in engaging with a debt-management company in order to get rid of this $35,000 if you don’t do some serious soul-searching about how you got into this hole in the first place.

From MarketWatch Jul. 17, 2026

Charles Hanger, Benjamin Werschkul, and Geoff McGhee from Nytimes.com transformed the series into an engaging Web experience, including audio slide shows and interactive graphics.

From "Class Matters" by The New York Times




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