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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
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Eavesdropping on children is used to track a targeted father’s arrival home in a program called “Where’s Daddy?”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 9, 2026

Because of changes in the economy and in how workers earn money, there is an argument for finding other ways to tax individuals in order to fund the program, some experts say.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 9, 2026

They are closely watched by investors because Medicare Advantage plans rated at least four stars can qualify for quality bonus payments, subject to federal program rules.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026

Such a flat employer compensation tax, or ECT, could delay Social Security’s insolvency by 20 years, or by even longer if it was part of a package of provisions to fund the program.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 9, 2026

But despite all our progress, the US space program wasn’t moving fast enough.

From "Reaching for the Moon" by Katherine Johnson

Zacharia, who often appears as a guest on conservative media programs, has worked for Trump's media company and his Truth Social platform since June, according to her LinkedIn profile.

From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2026

Comedy Playground’s youth programs serve ages 10 to 19.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 8, 2026

This fairly straightforward method is also used by computer programs in nearly every field to solve far larger systems of equations.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026

Deduct “offsetting receipts,” such as Medicare premiums, equal to 1.2% of GDP, and the net figure for federal spending on these five programs comes to 15.2% of GDP.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 8, 2026

Before Prohibition, many states relied heavily on taxes from liquor sales to help fund their programs and expenses.

From "1919 The Year That Changed America" by Martin W. Sandler

“That tells you that it really is more about cultural connection. It is about a nuance that is present in culturally programed content,” de Armas said.

From Washington Post ● Jun. 16, 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

Leidecker used iPads programed to listen and acoustically act.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2018

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

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

AI agents are essentially AI chatbots that are programmed to operate somewhat autonomously.

From BBC ● Sep. 29, 2026

Building on earlier work, including a program at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Stanford programmed the monitors with time delays and conditional triggers so that some monitor readings didn’t automatically set off an alarm.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 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

I’d programmed Max to start up a few minutes after I turned on the lights, so I could wake up a little bit before he started jabbering to me.

From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline

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

After 26 people were killed by a gunman at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut, in 2012, Jones made a false conspiracy theory a centerpiece of his programing on his flagship Infowars show.

From Seattle Times ● Oct. 20, 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

This year, Apple TV+ won the most Emmys on the strength of its quirky series, “Widow’s Bay,” and other prestige programming.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2026

Gutiérrez argued that Disney had to draw a line to protect the editorial independence of its programming.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026

The developer decided to make his own programming language, Jai, from scratch.

From BBC ● Oct. 6, 2026

Charles' poem featured as part of BBC Radio 6 Music's Way With Words event, a day of programming marking National Poetry Day on Thursday.

From BBC ● Oct. 4, 2026

Had he been just a little bit older and had he had to face the drudgery of programming with computer cards, he says, he would have studied science.

From "Outliers" by Malcolm Gladwell




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