JOCKEY Synonyms: 42 Similar and Opposite Words

jockey

verb

Definition of jockey

as in to engineer

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Recent Examples of jockey While veterans jockey for new contracts during free agency, young players are getting their tryout opportunities with NBA summer league games beginning this week. — Los Angeles Times, 2 July 2026 The deal adds to growing Gulf spending in Syria, as governments and companies jockey for a role in the country’s reconstruction. — Mohammed Sergie, semafor.com, 1 July 2026 The 6-foot-7 forward got caught up in a roster crunch in terms of meaningful minutes, and saw action in only 31 games, leading to him spending time jockeying between Charlotte and Greensboro suiting up for the Swarm in the G League. — Roderick Boone, Charlotte Observer, 17 June 2026 Becerra, Hilton and Steyer are jockeying for the top two spots. — Sal Rodriguez, Oc Register, 31 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for jockey

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Researchers have also engineered modified versions aimed at specific disease pathways.

— Samantha Agate, Miami Herald, 16 Oct. 2026
Since 1970, when Milton Friedman declared that a corporation's only social responsibility is profit, businesses have been re-engineered around delivering the most value possible to shareholders.

— Christopher Marquis, Time, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of engineer

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Patrick Bailey started the fifth with a chop that Rays starting pitcher Griffin Jax was unable to cleanly field.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 16 Oct. 2026
Rather, the factors driving the current redesign include tightening budgets and difficulties fielding enough workers to do so many in-person interviews — which was affected last year by a federal hiring freeze.

— ABC News, ABC News, 14 Oct. 2026

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All the more reason for leaders to play the generosity sweepstakes in ways that are advantageous to them.

— Diane Brady, Fortune, 20 Oct. 2026
The case has led to calls for tougher oversight of churches and other religious organizations in a country where religious faith plays a prominent role in public life.

— Jefferson Kahinju Reuters, Arkansas Online, 20 Oct. 2026

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Rather than relying solely on conventional T cells, future treatments may be able to exploit gamma delta T cells to expose a vulnerability in a cancer that has proved exceptionally difficult to treat.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 15 Oct. 2026
The hospital in question denied that Talarico had ever been treated there.

— Lauren Green, The Washington Examiner, 15 Oct. 2026

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