- present participle of engineer.
engineering
Example Sentences
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Axiom has done the engineering - including, for the first time, a backup cooling loop in case the primary fails.
From BBC • Jun. 9, 2026
“We have these inactive lines still available because there is a reasonable chance we’re going to use them in the future,” Shinjini Menon, Edison’s senior vice president of system planning and engineering, said then.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 2026
Thanks to advancements in engineering, materials and safety technology, today’s cars last longer than vehicles of generations past.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 6, 2026
By carefully engineering the atomic interactions where two materials come into contact, the team was able to significantly alter the properties of a metallic material.
From Science Daily • Jun. 6, 2026
After I completed my engineering drawing of the nozzle, there was nothing to do but to go up to the mine.
From "October Sky" by Homer Hickam
Vocabulary lists containing engineering
Inside Out & Back Again
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Engineering - Introductory
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Civil Engineering
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