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program

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


NOUN
performance in medium
Synonyms


NOUN
instructions for a computer
Synonyms


VERB
to create software
Synonyms


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Should a player who transfers and has superior talent immediately get to start over a player who has been in the program for three years busting his butt?

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 4, 2026

Army tested its Next Generation Command and Control program, or NGC2, during a live-fire drill in Indonesia.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 3, 2026

The payments will come from the Medicare Improvement Fund, established by Congress in 2008 to fund improvements to Medicare’s fee-for-service program.

From Salon ● Oct. 3, 2026

There have been concerns among some analysts and officials in Washington about the speed and cost of the program.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 3, 2026

Mr. Harris knew the program, and he’d seen my work.

From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam

L.A. voting rights groups rally to recruit poll watchers, launch protection programs, and counter potential election disruption in the November vote.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2026

The office will also oversee the Armed Forces Chaplains Board and advocate for funding for religious programs across the military.

From Salon ● Oct. 3, 2026

Longevity programs for women were named a top trend in 2026 by the Global Wellness Summit.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026

If acted upon, these MPs’ recommendations could influence future investment in community exercise programs and support services.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 2, 2026

His excuse was that the schedule had been set and the programs had already been printed.

From "Votes for Women!" by Winifred Conkling

“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

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

He explains how he would make dishes, and the robot would be programed to copy his movement.

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

I vaguely remember a TV story from the 50s that showed a room size computer at DuPont that was programed to generate millions of syllables for prefixes and syllables for suffixes.

From New York Times ● Jan. 15, 2015

During our visit, Robert - who is programmed to be friendly -repeatedly asked Vera how she was, reassuring her "I'll be here if you need me".

From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026

Next up is a driverless Caterpillar compactor with spiked steel wheels that will run over a programmed course, flattening fresh layers of refuse to make way for additional waste.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026

Godrich notes proudly that “the way the record was made was completely mechanical,” meaning nothing was programmed on a computer but instead recorded “live on the fly” using older equipment.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 18, 2026

Unlike the 2019 GPT-2 paper, this fearmongering has broken through in a remarkable way, prompting the public to panic over stories about programmed “agents” from the aforementioned firms hacking into other companies’ infrastructure.

From Slate ● Sep. 15, 2026

“I cannot follow that order because I am not programmed to be violent.”

From "The Wild Robot Escapes" by Peter Brown

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

“White gay men are the one segment that are most likely represented on our screens, whether it’s programing or ads,” said Lisette Arsuaga, co-founder of the Alliance for Inclusive and Multicultural Marketing.

From New York Times ● May 25, 2023

The Satellite Home Viewer Improvement Act of 1999 amended section 111 by substituting "statutory" for "compulsory" and "programming" for "programing," wherever they appeared.

From Copyright Law of the United States of America and Related Laws Contained in Title 17 of the United States Code, Circular 92 by United States

The MPs' report said the BBC could "spend more wisely when competing for programming".

From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026

Ellison months ago made a public commitment to protect HBO, which has long been a leader in prestige TV programming.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 30, 2026

Notice how similar the programming instructions are for computers, systems and people.

From Salon ● Sep. 27, 2026

Most of the 1,500 entry-level U.S. new hires at Cognizant, the technology services and consulting firm, must start at boot camp, where they learn and practice foundational skills of programming and data structures.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 26, 2026

“Your programming allowed you to open the door for us, but you can’t answer Max’s question?”

From "The School for Whatnots" by Margaret Peterson Haddix




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