as in architect
a person who designs and guides a plan or undertaking
the engineer of a movement to eradicate hunger
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as in to negotiate
to plan out usually with subtle skill or care
the mayor engineered an agreement to have a major league team play in our city
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New Atlas, 23 Dec. 2024
The central figure is Paiva’s mom Eunice, a mother of five who is forced to reinvent herself and her family after her husband Rubens, a politician and engineer who opposed the regime, became one of the government’s desaparecidos (the disappeared), and was tortured and killed.
—Patrick Hipes, Deadline, 23 Dec. 2024
Paul Kiel, ProPublica, 18 Dec. 2024
Stacy Klein-Gardner, executive director of Engineering 4 Us All, presented An Inclusive Engineering Mindset: K–12 talk, discussing programs that introduce students to engineering as a creative process and one in which students develop their identities as problem solvers.
—IEEE Spectrum, 17 Dec. 2024
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Canoo has also seen major leadership departures recently: Aforementioned design chief Richard Kim
Chief engineer Christoph Kuttner
CTO Sohel Merchant
CFO Greg Ethridge
General counsel Hector Ruiz
That leaves Canoo with just a co-founder on board.
—New Atlas, 23 Dec. 2024
The central figure is Paiva’s mom Eunice, a mother of five who is forced to reinvent herself and her family after her husband Rubens, a politician and engineer who opposed the regime, became one of the government’s desaparecidos (the disappeared), and was tortured and killed.
—Patrick Hipes, Deadline, 23 Dec. 2024
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In an earlier story, ProPublica detailed how Yass and Susquehanna engineered the firm’s investments to transform income normally taxed at the high, ordinary rate into income taxed at the 20% long-term capital gains rate.
—Paul Kiel, ProPublica, 18 Dec. 2024
Stacy Klein-Gardner, executive director of Engineering 4 Us All, presented An Inclusive Engineering Mindset: K–12 talk, discussing programs that introduce students to engineering as a creative process and one in which students develop their identities as problem solvers.
—IEEE Spectrum, 17 Dec. 2024
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Also in attendance: Nashville architect Alan Dooley, who helped the church win a historic designation for the building, and that allowed Metro Codes to issue permits for the rebuild, even though the building is (clearly) in a floodway.The Tennessean, The Tennessean, 22 Dec. 2024
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Its cutting edge sustainable design is by architect Sophie Khayat, who has created the venue in such a way that it can be dismantled and moved to another site in the future if needs be.Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 21 Dec. 2024
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The full-back will be allowed to negotiate with foreign clubs and sign a pre-contract agreement with a view to leaving for nothing in the summer.Jack Pitt-Brooke, The Athletic, 26 Dec. 2024
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By the 1970s, with its administrative costs sharply increasing, Washington spent years negotiating with Panama to cede control of the waterway.Will Weissert, Los Angeles Times, 24 Dec. 2024
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However, charismatic killers like Bundy complicate this narrative by blending into society, using their charm and performative social skills as a tool to manipulate others and mask their true intentions.Mark Travers, Forbes, 27 Dec. 2024
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Deep dive:Blake Lively's claims, 'astroturfing' and when fans feel manipulated What are Blake Lively's allegations against Justin Baldoni?KiMi Robinson, USA TODAY, 24 Dec. 2024
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The exhibition also gives visitors a chance to arrange their own bento box with the replica treats.Rosa Rahimi, CNN, 16 Dec. 2024
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With no viable means of leaving the base, Moscow requested that the base's command arrange an immediate evacuation to Russia.David Brennan, ABC News, 16 Dec. 2024
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“Engineer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/engineer. Accessed 31 Dec. 2024.
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