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program

[proh-gram, -gruhm] / ˈproʊ græm, -grəm /


NOUN
performance in medium
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NOUN
instructions for a computer
Synonyms


VERB
to create software
Synonyms


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Nike’s program spanned 12 weeks and featured stars like Kim Kardashian and athletes including Cristiano Ronaldo.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 19, 2026

Amanpour said her daily news show on CNN will be scaled back to once a week until next June, while her PBS program will also end.

From Barron's ● Oct. 19, 2026

The program hit an eight-year high in viewing during the third quarter of 2026 according to Nielsen data.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 19, 2026

She has presented her own nightly interview program on CNN International since 2009.

From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2026

“So the program was put on hold for several years while they studied the flaws and redesigned their approach based on what they had learned.”

From "Camp Panda" by Catherine Thimmesh

Perry Lincoln, a member of the Wailaki Tribe, is active in cultural education programs for tribal youth on the Round Valley and Hoopa reservations.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 19, 2026

“We believe declining enrollment in computer-science programs, coupled with renewed demand for technical talent, could eventually create a shortage of qualified graduates and expand employment opportunities.”

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 19, 2026

She also announced plans to waive $100 million in electric bill charges that fund green energy programs, at least for this winter.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 19, 2026

Unified, 53 schools are designated for students rated as “gifted,” and there are four campuses with programs for highly gifted students, typically identified by a professional evaluator.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 19, 2026

They had regarded their Federalist programs as a fulfillment, rather than a betrayal, of American independence.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis

“They do have to be ready to perform, for instance, if a train is not stopping when it’s programed to stop,” Mayer told commissioners.

From Washington Post ● Mar. 7, 2023

Dr. Zwiebel said, “These are stereotypic programed behaviors that have evolved because they work.”

From New York Times ● Oct. 4, 2022

Thirty years ago, we might have hailed as rare and consequential any dozen weeks in which music by a mere handful of living composers was programed as the regular course of a classical music season.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 28, 2022

Co-founder and chief executive Philippe Goldman says the robots have been programed to maintain top quality control.

From BBC ● Dec. 19, 2021

We’re talking about a system that has to be programed sequentially and that can only do one thing at a time.

From Slate ● Aug. 2, 2021

Early on, he took an interest in computers, and, he said, in high school programmed custom real estate software for his uncles.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026

Researchers found that increasing Menin helped protect cultured hippocampal cells against inflammation and a form of programmed cell death triggered by exposure to the stress hormone corticosterone.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 12, 2026

On the surface, it seems like harmless video game humor, and I’m sure we’ve all had encounters with actual humans that resembled interacting with tautological machines programmed with limited responses.

From Salon ● Oct. 12, 2026

Agentic AI, in particular, will be central to software development, Huang said, referring to systems programmed to be autonomous and perform tasks without supervision.

From Barron's ● Oct. 7, 2026

Leo had programmed their quarters to adjust automatically to the occupant’s preferred temperature, so it was never too cold or too hot.

From "The Mark of Athena" by Rick Riordan

More Spheres would be bullish for the company because of royalty and other income, as well as the ability to distribute original programing in multiple locations.

From Barron's ● Oct. 16, 2025

Non-routine cognitive jobs include public relations and computer programing.

From Science Daily ● Apr. 17, 2024

Indeed, Kunst’s submission to the 2018 CRC points to this TV programing note in the Miami News for channel 10’s Florida Journal on Oct.

From Slate ● Jan. 18, 2024

MTV then started adding more hip-hop to its music programing “and suddenly there’s a whole new audience.”

From New York Times ● May 11, 2023

Remedies for alteration of programing by cable systems.

From Copyright Law of the United States of America: contained in Title 17 of the United States Code. by United States

Having been subjected to multiple FCC probes of ABC’s programming, the corporation has pushed back in court against Carr, in what has already amounted to a drawn-out and expensive legal tussle.

From Slate ● Oct. 16, 2026

AI is surpassing human abilities in pursuits from mathematics to computer programming, while threatening to alter or even eradicate many jobs.

From Barron's ● Oct. 16, 2026

Instead of programming the humanoids under controlled conditions, Tau is sending its robots into homes to learn through first-hand experience.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 16, 2026

Just going off that, I’d say it’s a recognition of a much more competitive landscape, which means being able to continue to invest aggressively in programming that will improve engagement time on the platform.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026

Radio announcers broke into their morning programming to appeal for funds.

From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown


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