- present participle of engineer.
engineering
Example Sentences
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After all, one of the biggest pet peeves of modern makers is the perception of their craft as being a frivolous hobby, rather than centuries-old skills that served as a foundation of modern engineering.
From Slate ● Oct. 11, 2026
Amodei brought him back to OpenAI in 2018, and he led engineering work on GPT-3.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026
Changing that length can allow an antenna to operate at different frequencies, but making such adjustments often requires moving mechanical components or complicated engineering.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 9, 2026
But Hamilton and her team had planned for such an error by engineering "priority-driven software" to shut down any background tasks and favour the most important - the Moon landing - according to MIT.
From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026
Hydraulic engineering was a major concern for the first engineers, such as Leonardo, and consequently an immediate one for Galileo and his disciples.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
Vocabulary lists containing engineering
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Engineering - Introductory
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Civil Engineering
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