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.
had engineered
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past perfectof engineer.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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Two years later, in the same round, it looked like Allen had engineered a late game-tying drive of his own.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 3, 2025
She just took over for Robin Hayes, who had engineered the deal.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 13, 2024
In 2016, when he played for the Detroit Lions, Stafford had engineered a comeback victory over the Colts.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 29, 2023
At the hearing Mr Clark dismissed his remarks as "innocent" and suggested Ms Farquharson had engineered her resignation to get money ahead of her marriage.
From BBC ● Sep. 29, 2023
Goebbels—a particularly vicious anti-Semite who had engineered much of Hitler’s political rise—was now systematically dismantling what remained of a free press in Germany.
From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown
