programmed
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She emphasized the hand-played over the programmed, and experimented with swings in volume and tempo, adding a level of unpredictability absent in much of modern pop.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 19, 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
The excess immune cells can then die through apoptosis, a controlled form of programmed cell death that allows the body to remove unneeded, damaged or cancerous cells without causing inflammation or harming nearby tissue.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 8, 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
She swore she’d programmed each and every one of us the same way, to shut down when some child made it through the maze and answered the Model 82958s’ question correctly.
From "The School for Whatnots" by Margaret Peterson Haddix
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