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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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He carried out the research while working at LSU's Pennington Biomedical Research Center and has since brought his internationally recognized translational research program to the University of Oklahoma.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 9, 2026

President Trump said in an interview with CNN that renewed strikes were “highly unlikely” as long as there was progress in negotiations regarding Tehran’s nuclear program and the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 9, 2026

It has been 20 seasons since they produced a first-round draft pick at quarterback, an eternity for a program in college football’s aristocracy.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 8, 2026

Valdez worked as a program assistant in the visual arts department at Columbia University, where she became a union leader.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 8, 2026

The mental strain broke some, and others opted out of the program due to the overwhelming stress and pressure of it all and chose to work on campus in some other role.

From "Glitch" by Laura Martin

“I’m a dance aficionado, and when I’m not busy on the campaign trail, I try and attend dance programs and performances.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 8, 2026

During fasting, a population of intestinal cells carrying these repair programs becomes more abundant.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 8, 2026

They also raise important questions about modern reforestation programs, which often prioritize planting dense forests to combat climate change and protect biodiversity.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 7, 2026

I also hope my fellow Catholics remain wary of taxpayer-funded programs altogether.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 5, 2026

If your music is already stored as a computer file, there are programs that will transpose it for you and display and print it in the new key.

From "Understanding Basic Music Theory" by Catherine Schmidt-Jones and Russel Jones

“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

He explains how he would make dishes, and the robot would be programed to copy his movement.

From BBC ● Dec. 19, 2021

Leidecker used iPads programed to listen and acoustically act.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2018

While it’s hard to know if this effort was coordinated, either one individual or several individuals appear to have programed numerous bots to help seed the conspiracy theory on Twitter.

From Slate ● Sep. 7, 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

Andy Davidson was 22 when the game he programmed, partly in his last years at Bournemouth School, first hit the shelves.

From BBC ● Nov. 6, 2026

Like other quant firms, Two Sigma programmed its computers to sift through oceans of stock prices and other data to find patterns that helped predict where markets would move.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 19, 2026

Researchers found that increasing Menin helped protect cultured hippocampal cells against inflammation and a form of programmed cell death triggered by exposure to the stress hormone corticosterone.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 12, 2026

On the surface, it seems like harmless video game humor, and I’m sure we’ve all had encounters with actual humans that resembled interacting with tautological machines programmed with limited responses.

From Salon ● Oct. 12, 2026

“I am programmed to treat all Earthlings with kindness. Greetings. I am Boy21 from the cosmos. I am stranded here on Earth, but I will be leaving soon. Enter into my domestic living pod.”

From "Boy21" by Matthew Quick

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 the 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. 13, 2022

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

Some 80 galleries throw open their doors across the city with museums and nonprofits offering special programming throughout the boroughs.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 8, 2026

If one goes to the official Clifton’s site or social media pages, it will tell you programming at the space is paused.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 6, 2026

Both Czech TV and Czech Radio reduced their programming on Tuesday with thousands of employees joining the protest.

From Barron's ● Nov. 3, 2026

In September BBC Wales announced 58 job cuts as well as a 20-hour annual cut in TV programming as part of UK-wide plans to save £500m.

From BBC ● Nov. 3, 2026

“So that our propos will air in the Capitol, too. He’s down working on it in Special Defense now. There’s live programming tonight. Snow’s making an appearance or something. I think it’s starting.”

From "Mockingjay" by Suzanne Collins


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