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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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But Kim has recently made modernizing North Korea’s Soviet-era conventional forces a bigger priority, even while he pursues advances in the country’s nuclear-weapons program.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 27, 2026

Quantum simulators are especially useful for this kind of work because researchers can precisely control them and program them to imitate physical processes that occur at atomic and subatomic scales.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 26, 2026

The US and Iran signed a memorandum of understanding in June that aimed to end the war, reopen the strait and launch talks on Iran's nuclear program.

From Barron's ● Sep. 26, 2026

“It speaks to the climate change and that sea-level rise, which are real issues,” said Shannon Vaughn, coastal program manager for the California Coastal Commission.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2026

The man at the microphone began talking excitedly about what a great turnout they had, what a great program they had planned, how well the county department of social services worked .

From "Found" by Margaret Peterson Haddix

Many states, municipalities and nonprofits offer programs to help new buyers.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 26, 2026

Former customers told the outlet they were encouraged to take on significant debt to participate in the programs, including through credit cards and home equity.

From Salon ● Sep. 26, 2026

Two regional screening programs in Denmark were used as a reference.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 26, 2026

According to Thierry Poibeau, these detection systems also run up against a "moving target problem" because AI programs are "constantly evolving".

From Barron's ● Sep. 25, 2026

Jackson won programs to educate newly arrived workers, selling the idea as a good way for business owners to win black allegiance.

From "A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919" by Claire Hartfield

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

“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

You can control the amount of pressure by controlling how inflated the airbags are, and it can even be programed to inflate and deflate continuously.

From Slate ● May 6, 2020

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

He’s like, “I just can’t watch shows with commercials anymore” — as people are programmed now.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 2026

They did what humans programmed them to do.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 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

Yeast, for example, can be genetically programmed to produce valuable molecules.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 13, 2026

Max was programmed to speak with a slight electronic stutter.

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

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

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

Things like live programming, which don’t account for a lot of viewers, still bring in ad revenue and signups, they said.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 18, 2026

The rise of households with two working parents combined with frequent work travel and packed kids programming has created a demand for operational support, especially for those without family nearby to help.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 14, 2026

The prize ceremony on Saturday wrapped up 10 days of often dark, disturbing programming that chief organiser Alberto Barbera had promised would echo the war-torn and anxiety-filled state of the world.

From Barron's ● Sep. 12, 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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