configure

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You can configure the VPN to automatically connect whenever you’re online or have the app ask you whether or not to connect.

From Salon • Mar. 21, 2026

The players fondly recalled JOP’s rigor in the studio; one night he stayed up until 4 a.m. with the trio to help configure the beats on their latest record, “Mija No Te Asustes.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 8, 2026

The archbishop was free to configure it as a workplace, to choose its decorative furnishings and its degree of illumination.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 3, 2025

Researchers have developed an easy-to-use optical chip that can configure itself to achieve various functions.

From Science Daily • Oct. 11, 2023

Guys like Dr. Strayer were hired to figure out how to configure networks and displays so that the information was useful and life- preserving—not overwhelming and deadly.

From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel