engineering

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

Sayre defied his Mexican immigrant parents again by earning a master’s in public affairs from Princeton University instead of following his dad into railroad engineering, before earning a law degree from UC Berkeley.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 17, 2026

Instead of focusing solely on discovering new materials or changing their chemistry, researchers may be able to improve performance by carefully engineering the surfaces on which those materials are grown.

From Science Daily • Jun. 17, 2026

“When we covered this company before, we viewed it as a unique custom-building software machine that had extraordinary alignment of software engineering, sales, and a pricing model for continuous transformational outcomes,” the analysts wrote.

From Barron's • Jun. 16, 2026

Network Rail said engineers discovered a number of sinkholes on a bridge south of the station during planned engineering work on the lines outside Purley, and "urgent repairs" were needed.

From BBC • Jun. 14, 2026

The Haitian American engineering feat at Cange was not a case of simple technology; the pipe bringing up the clean, sparkling water from the underground river could not have happened without sophisticated engineering.

From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French