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programmer

[proh-gram-er] / ˈproʊ græm ər /


NOUN
cyberpunk
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After 60 years of loving to drive, it wasn’t easy to admit that Elon Musk is a better programmer than I am a driver.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 4, 2026

In 2012, a French programmer called Stéphane Gigandet launched a free, online and crowdsourced food product database called Open Food Facts during the Food Revolution Day organised by English chef Jamie Oliver.

From BBC Jul. 13, 2026

"We have no Wi-Fi, no electricity, we can't work," said a young software programmer working for a tourism start-up in another neighborhood.

From Barron's Jul. 6, 2026

Naveed Hasan is a computer programmer, a parent and a member of Panel for Education Policy, an oversight board for New Yorks' public school system.

From Barron's Jun. 5, 2026

He tells me that he used to be a computer programmer, but hated it.

From "Please Ignore Vera Dietz" by A.S. King

Carville’s reputation for colorful turns of phrase, and his tendency to stomp on any calls for the party to move left, made him a favorite of cable news programmers looking to make entertaining television.

From Salon Aug. 14, 2026

Chinese AI models are often open-source, meaning they can be modified by programmers -- unlike top US options, where the underlying code and data is locked away.

From Barron's Aug. 10, 2026

Now, programmers, telecoms specialists and engineers are fully integrated into the army.

From Barron's Aug. 7, 2026

It happens because AIs learn to maximize a reward—usually some form of numeric score, not the underlying behavior programmers intend.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 24, 2026

Finn stared at his own blank computer screen, the picture of the unknown computer programmers seeming to taunt him about everything he didn’t know, everything he was useless at helping the other kids find out.

From "The Strangers" by Margaret Peterson Haddix




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