Corps of Engineers

American  

noun

1. a branch of the U.S. Army responsible for military and many civil engineering projects.

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Example Sentences

Army Corps of Engineers to release vital water supplies from the dam to make room for winter floods that didn’t come.

From Los Angeles Times

Army Corps of Engineers to update this decades-old rule book, Whittlesey said, but until then it must request special permission to store the extra water.

From Los Angeles Times

“There’s a plan for this?” a young national security aide asks after a superior tells him to notify the Army Corps of Engineers to dig them out if a bomb hits the White House.

From Slate

The land is owned by the Army Corps of Engineers.

From Los Angeles Times

Army Corps of Engineers’ cleanup efforts, agreed to include Tahitian Terrace but not the Bowl.

From Los Angeles Times