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engineer

[en-juh-neer] / ˌɛn dʒəˈnɪər /




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Tesla’s event is scheduled to kick off after the market closes on Thursday in downtown Austin, according to Eric Earley, the Cybercab’s chief engineer.

From MarketWatch Sep. 2, 2026

He said friend of the club worked as the monitor engineer for Fontaines D.C., and helped get a size 3XL to Chatten.

From BBC Sep. 1, 2026

“The most important point is that mine warfare is a game of unknowns,” said Scott Savitz, senior engineer at Rand and specialist in naval operations and technologies.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 1, 2026

Ternus earned a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering from the University of Pennsylvania and worked as an engineer at Virtual Research Systems before joining Apple.

From Barron's Aug. 31, 2026

Jean-Victor Poncelet was a student of Monge’s who learned about three-dimensional geometry as he trained to become an engineer for Napoleon’s army.

From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife

If humanity someday sends a probe to another star, engineers will need a detailed understanding of every force that could affect its journey.

From Science Daily Sep. 2, 2026

It has also introduced bootcamps for engineers and in-person experiential sessions for partners.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 1, 2026

Inside a shipping container beside the field, the engineers highlight on a computer the area they want the aircraft to spray.

From BBC Sep. 1, 2026

Nepali army troops and engineers were working on Sunday to rescue workers believed trapped in a tunnel at the Trishuli 3A hydroelectric site after they successfully inserted a pipe into the passage.

From Barron's Aug. 30, 2026

One of the engineers wanted me to help him analyze some data from a flight test.

From "Reaching for the Moon" by Katherine Johnson

In the application for evidence, Uefa claims that Infantino engineered the plan in order to enrich himself and the potential private investors.

From BBC Aug. 27, 2026

The reversal in yields engineered by Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent’s buyback plan lasted just a day after federal borrowing crossed $40 trillion.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 21, 2026

"These structures can be systematically doped with silver and other ions and engineered to interface seamlessly with perovskites -- transforming DNA from a biological macromolecule into a programmable, multifunctional nanomaterials platform."

From Science Daily Aug. 17, 2026

One is synthetic DNA, made from commercially available, chemically engineered molecules arranged into short genetic sequences tailored for specific electronic requirements.

From Science Daily Aug. 17, 2026

I tried to imagine myself moving lightning fast on the strip with this new weapon that seemed engineered for speed.

From "Proud" by Ibtihaj Muhammad

Martin Limpert, managing director of Range Rover, called the new model the result of a decade of "considered engineering".

From BBC Sep. 1, 2026

Instead, it allowed construction to continue because it found the trust unlikely to have standing, and credited the government’s warnings that a halt could create national security, engineering, and operational problems.

From Slate Sep. 1, 2026

The therapy, known as rap-cel or YTB323, is a cell therapy called CAR-T that works by removing a patients’ own immune cells, engineering them in a lab and infusing them back into the body.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 1, 2026

"We have engineering capabilities, we have software and AI capabilities, robotics capabilities -- it is a great combination that would be hard to replicate somewhere else."

From Barron's Sep. 1, 2026

Lots of difficult engineering work remained, but the fundamental problem had been solved.

From "Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown" by Steve Sheinkin




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