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program

[proh-gram, -gruhm] / ˈproʊ græm, -grəm /


NOUN
performance in medium
Synonyms


NOUN
instructions for a computer
Synonyms


VERB
to create software
Synonyms


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At the institute, Wright participated in a work-study program — mopping floors, answering phones and interviewing other acting hopefuls to see if they had what it took to make it in the program.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 25, 2026

Jessica Tarlov and Harold Ford Jr. rotate their appearances in the lone liberal seat on the program.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 24, 2026

If those states are asked to finance a larger portion of the program, they would face sustained fiscal pressure.

From MarketWatch Aug. 24, 2026

Third, restore and increase humanitarian and development assistance, along with support for our economic reform program.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 24, 2026

Because the program he was working on was classified, few Americans ever knew what had happened.

From "Reaching for the Moon" by Katherine Johnson

Nondefense discretionary spending, defense spending, plus Medicaid, CHIP, healthcare subsidies and other mandatory programs are already projected to shrink in relation to the economy.

From MarketWatch Aug. 24, 2026

That study often compared Head Start children with those in other preschool programs, not children receiving no early education.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 23, 2026

“The beauty of that is that a student almost has a one-on-one tutor,” McMahon said, explaining that AI programs can adjust instruction based on how quickly individual students are learning.

From Salon Aug. 23, 2026

Although some larger high schools now run their athletics departments like college programs, the basic issues in covering a prep sports event remain unchanged.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 23, 2026

We knocked on doors in the Cabrini-Green housing project, went to community meetings, and canvassed programs that worked with single mothers.

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama

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

From New York Times Oct. 4, 2022

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

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

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

It turned out the bot was programmed with generative AI without the nonprofit’s knowledge.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 11, 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

She jabbed her finger at the screen, and I could see that Professor McMillan hadn’t been kidding earlier—he really had already programmed the Glitch back to the Academy on the night it was destroyed.

From "Glitch" by Laura Martin

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

It takes place in the break room of a local Hobby Lobby, on a deadly accurate set by Wilson Chin featuring a malfunctioning microwave on the counter and soporific motivational programing on the closed-circuit television.

From New York Times Feb. 21, 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

When “It Ends” premiered at the South by Southwest Film Festival in March 2025, it was not exactly the runaway darling of the year’s programming.

From Salon Aug. 24, 2026

Yang, the future Moonshot founder, began intensive training in programming at age 17, competing in China’s National Olympiad in Informatics.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 21, 2026

“The question was: How do we do something different and interesting?” says Chris LeMaire, the Cinematheque’s director of programming, in a phone interview.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 21, 2026

On the surface, it is just a bit of summer programming: Kimmel is taking a vacation, so O’Donnell is filling in for him this week.

From Salon Aug. 20, 2026

In Seattle a news flash from Oakland interrupted regular radio programming, and people who had been sitting dejectedly by the radio stood up and slapped each other on the back and shook hands.

From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown




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