- present participle of engineer.
engineering
Example Sentences
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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
“As an engineering problem, it’s doable,” Owens said of orbital data centers.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 6, 2026
The company said it has increased productivity on its engineering team, and is seeing a strong return on its investments.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026
Adding to this, OpenAI last month announced the acquisition of Tomoro as part of a $4 billion push into consulting and engineering External link.
From Barron's • Jun. 4, 2026
Michael T. Wright, curator of mechanical engineering at London’s Science Museum, spent more than twenty years seeking a solution and in 2006 completed building a working model of how he believed the device worked.
From "Shipwrecked!" by Martin W. Sandler
Vocabulary lists containing engineering
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Engineering - Introductory
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