engages
Example Sentences
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“He engages the white construct in a way that’s intelligent and everything, and then I see this commercial where he’s sitting there playing Aretha Franklin and he’s dancing a jig,” he said.
From Slate ● Oct. 6, 2026
The State Department regularly engages with Myanmar authorities on issues affecting U.S. interests, a department spokesman said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026
The judges said: "A novel that engages with the deeply divisive politics of present-day America, without itself becoming divisive. This is the kind of book we need now: a calm antidote to contemporary events."
From BBC ● Sep. 22, 2026
“When one of the world’s largest online retailers engages in unfair and deceptive conduct, the impact can be staggering,” FTC Chairman Andrew N. Ferguson said in a statement.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 31, 2026
My mom is very smart and certainly engages us on many levels, but when we asked a difficult question, she’d say, ‘Because I said so.’
From "Class Matters" by The New York Times
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