engineer
noun
a person trained and skilled in the design, construction, and use of engines or machines, or in any of various branches of engineering.
are engineering
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present progressiveof engineer.present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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We are engineering professors who study data center design and space systems engineering.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 19, 2026
It doesn’t help that AI companies are engineering their products to make people think this way—and that some leaders even suggest there’s a chance AIs are already conscious.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 20, 2026
We are engineering researchers who study how machines manage heat and ways to effectively recover and reuse heat that is otherwise wasted.
From Scientific American ● Sep. 5, 2023
“We are confident that the remaining challenges are engineering in nature,” said Doug Campbell, chief executive of Solid Power, a battery maker backed by Ford Motor and BMW.
From New York Times ● Jul. 12, 2022
Cars would be the bonanza market, but there are engineering problems to solve first—to make the cars cheap enough.
From O+F by John Moncure Wetterau
