Thesaurus results for ENGINES

engines

noun

plural of engine

as in machines

a device that changes energy into mechanical motion a car with a 200-horsepower engine

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Recent Examples of engines Silicon carbide has become especially important for aircraft engines and planetary exploration systems. — Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 29 Aug. 2026 The company has already vetted the engines on Flight 14's Ship, firing up all six of them last week at Starbase. — Mike Wall, Space.com, 29 Aug. 2026 The opportunity to learn from professionals in the field about working on engines and also learning from Miami-Dade College professors has been a huge benefit, said Rangel, the auto tech. — Michael Butler, Miami Herald, 29 Aug. 2026 The rescue effort is happening as hundreds of firefighters, engines and dozers battle the Ross Fire. — S.e. Jenkins, CBS News, 28 Aug. 2026 Crucially, the facility will generate its own 460 megawatts of electricity on-site using gas engines, entirely bypassing traditional grid interconnection queues that bottleneck AI development. — Jon Markman, Forbes.com, 28 Aug. 2026 Narrower set of engines Next week's nonfarm payrolls report could also give some reassurance on how the economy is doing, which remains robust but with weakening pillars of support. — Sarah Min, CNBC, 28 Aug. 2026 Digital storefronts like Steam made independent games easier to distribute, while increasingly accessible technology and innovative gaming engines like Unity and Unreal made indies cheaper to produce. — Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 21 Aug. 2026 Personal care and beauty is one of the wellness economy’s steadiest engines, and the shop is among the highest-margin ways to capture it. — Ritu Upadhyay, Footwear News, 21 Aug. 2026

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The quirky robot is a notable departure from the more unsettling machines that typically make headlines today.

— Mack DeGeurin, Popular Science, 27 Aug. 2026
The pace of improvement in AI models has led many observers to predict that human intelligence may soon be overtaken by the cognitive capacity of machines.

— George C. Lee II, Fortune, 26 Aug. 2026

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The bot contains 15 motors, a microphone and speaker, a camera, LiDAR, and two motion sensors, along with a beak for picking up objects.

— Michael Kan, PC Magazine, 27 Aug. 2026
And like an actual combustion engine, the noise from the Torcal is linked not to the car’s speed, but to the actual work being demanded of its motors.

— Byron Hurd, The Drive, 27 Aug. 2026

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