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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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For every transfer who cashes in and carries a program to playoff glory, there is a big-money signee who leaves his new school with nothing but sunk costs and cratered hopes.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 4, 2026

Should a player who transfers and has superior talent immediately get to start over a player who has been in the program for three years busting his butt?

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 4, 2026

The payments will come from the Medicare Improvement Fund, established by Congress in 2008 to fund improvements to Medicare’s fee-for-service program.

From Salon ● Oct. 3, 2026

The program, called Next Generation Command and Control, or NGC2, was designed to give troops the latest communication, mapping and artificial intelligence tools coming out of Silicon Valley.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 3, 2026

But then her recovery program activated, and soon she was back to her normal self.

From "The Wild Robot Protects" by Peter Brown

Participation grew more than 4% last year, and the organization is mulling additional programs to meet parents’ desire for what Wilson described as stiffer competition and “more reps.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 4, 2026

L.A. voting rights groups rally to recruit poll watchers, launch protection programs, and counter potential election disruption in the November vote.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2026

The office will also oversee the Armed Forces Chaplains Board and advocate for funding for religious programs across the military.

From Salon ● Oct. 3, 2026

If acted upon, these MPs’ recommendations could influence future investment in community exercise programs and support services.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 2, 2026

My mom had hired two more coaches by then, and soon more families began signing up their kids for our programs.

From "Courage to Soar" by Simone Biles

Dr. Zwiebel said, “These are stereotypic programed behaviors that have evolved because they work.”

From New York Times ● Oct. 4, 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

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

Each one contains their person's medical needs and individual calendar and is programmed to tell users when it's time to eat or play bingo or watch their favourite television show.

From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026

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

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 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

Mr. Adams’s new work would receive its premiere at the start of the next season, but only after those dates—the beginning of Maazel’s tenure as music director in New York—had already been programmed.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 8, 2026

But Roz was programmed to keep herself in good working order, and once she was back on her feet, she immediately began cleaning herself off.

From "The Wild Robot" by Peter Brown

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

MTV then started adding more hip-hop to its music programing “and suddenly there’s a whole new audience.”

From New York Times ● May 11, 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

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

HBO and HBO Max content chief Casey Bloys is expected to oversee all streaming programming for the combined companies, people familiar with the matter said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026

Notice how similar the programming instructions are for computers, systems and people.

From Salon ● Sep. 27, 2026

Revisiting English-only programming in Head Start may ultimately exacerbate those same problems, Garcia Bedolla said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 24, 2026

He spoke only when spoken to and said as little as possible in response, except—he and Jesse were alike in this—when the subject was programming, computers, or any possible social or technical Net application.

From "Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho" by Jon Katz




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