programmed
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But having Venus in Pisces is like if your heart came programmed with a directed-by-Sofia-Coppola-dead-wife-montage to glimpse into that possibility.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 23, 2026
Waymo vehicles are also programmed to pull over at the sight of a cop car’s lights, and they offer a means to speak with a human representative of their companies.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026
Male and female U1s can speak through an artificial intelligence tool programmed by the company to offer soothing words if it detects fatigue or stress, and get to know its user over time.
From Barron's ● Jul. 1, 2026
Cells treated with PCAIs produced higher levels of reactive oxygen species, activated caspase enzymes, increased levels of the pro-apoptotic protein BAX, and underwent widespread apoptosis, a form of programmed cell death.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 29, 2026
The latter willingness is one so strongly programmed into us citizens of modern states, by our schools and churches and governments, that we forget what a radical break it marks with previous human history.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
