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configure

[kuhn-fig-yer] / kənˈfɪg jər /


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You can configure the VPN to automatically connect whenever you’re online or have the app ask you whether or not to connect.

From Salon ● Mar. 21, 2026

The players fondly recalled JOP’s rigor in the studio; one night he stayed up until 4 a.m. with the trio to help configure the beats on their latest record, “Mija No Te Asustes.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 8, 2026

The archbishop was free to configure it as a workplace, to choose its decorative furnishings and its degree of illumination.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 3, 2025

Depending on how Slot chooses to configure the full-back roles this summer, with a potential replacement for Robertson also needed, there are a few players worth considering for Liverpool.

From BBC ● Apr. 18, 2025

Guys like Dr. Strayer were hired to figure out how to configure networks and displays so that the information was useful and life- preserving—not overwhelming and deadly.

From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel

GoBubble is a company that configures AI software to act as a filter to stop discriminatory comments from being seen by a social media user.

From Washington Times ● Jun. 6, 2023

Noe installs and configures software on home computers.

From Textbooks ● Apr. 22, 2020

The family unit, as Harris configures it, was matriarchal—“Shyamala and the girls.”

From The New Yorker ● Jul. 15, 2019

The sheer variety of ways that Goya contorts and configures his human and phantasmagorical subjects is exhilarating.

From Seattle Times ● Jun. 14, 2016

But qua becoming, and irrespective of all special aspects with which it historically configures itself, the spirit has already a content of its own, which cannot be absent from any of its historical configurations.

From The Reform of Education by Giovanni Gentile

They can also be misconfigurations -- for instance, if someone has used the same password for multiple services, or hasn't configured a database properly.

From Barron's ● Oct. 13, 2026

The software had been configured “for evaluation purposes” to be less likely to refuse hacking commands, OpenAI said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 22, 2026

Whether it’s configured as a truck or SUV, the EV will have an estimated range of 205 miles and will be compatible with Tesla chargers.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 24, 2026

This option, if carefully configured, could also allow the sport to keep the operation of the boost and overtaking modes made possible by the electrical elements much as they are now.

From BBC ● Apr. 28, 2026

The incentives of the real-estate business, as currently configured, plainly encourage some agents to act against the best interests of their customers.

From "Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything" by Steven D. Levitt

The new warehouses, totaling more than 7 million square feet, will offer services including assembling and configuring equipment in data-center racks and transporting the racks to data centers.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 19, 2026

Shohei Ohtani returned to Dodgers camp Monday morning, and Roberts plans to have a conversation with him soon about configuring his throwing plan leading up to regular season play.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 16, 2026

If the thought of configuring a VPN makes you break out in a cold sweat, this one’s for you.

From Salon ● Feb. 11, 2026

The team's chief innovation is configuring their "neutral atom array" to be able to dynamically change its layout by moving and connecting atoms -- this is called "entangling" in physics parlance -- mid-computation.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 12, 2023

You'll use your own home directory, a subdirectory of /home, for configuring your own preferences and storing your personal data.

From Debian GNU/Linux : Guide to Installation and Usage by John Goerzen


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