Example Sentences

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None of this will engineer a baby boom.

From Barron's • Mar. 30, 2026

GM will take an 11 percent ownership stake in the Phoenix firm and will engineer and build Nikola’s Badger hydrogen fuel cell and electric pickup truck.

From Washington Post • Sep. 8, 2020

They’ve helped fund an ambitious project that will engineer the Fraser River’s flow on a nearly mile-long stretch between Fraser and Tabernash, squeezing it to make it narrower, deeper and colder - and thus healthier.

From Washington Times • Dec. 17, 2016

With Cano on his way there, perhaps the Mariners will engineer a turnaround after four consecutive fourth-place seasons.

From New York Times • Dec. 7, 2013

To the question quis custodiet custodes?—who will mount guard over our guardians, who will engineer the engineers?—the answer is a bland denial that they need any supervision.

From Black Man's Burden by Reynolds, Mack