engineered

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In his televised interview, the Treasury secretary, without being prompted, spoke favorably of an episode in early 1997 when former Fed Chair Alan Greenspan engineered “one tap-on-the-brakes rate hike” that didn’t slow the economic expansion.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 24, 2026

They booed Harrison — the general manager who engineered the deal — at every home game and chanted “Fire Nico.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 23, 2026

Greenspan's Fed lowered the benchmark interest rate three times, and it engineered a massive bailout for LTCM.

From Barron's • Jun. 22, 2026

But over nearly half a century the Islamic Republic's institutions have been engineered to resist attempts to destroy them.

From BBC • Jun. 18, 2026

She turned to her husband, and, despite her disheveled and undignified appearance, managed to look quite formidable, “You engineered this, didn't you?”

From "I, Robot" by Isaac Asimov