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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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Beijing has strengthened ties with developing nations and increased trade and investment through its Belt and Road Initiative, a sprawling infrastructure program that serves as a tool for China to cultivate global influence.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 2, 2026

On average, families complete the five-year program with $8,500 in savings, according to Compass Working Capital, one of the HUD partners that administers the program and also provides financial coaching to tenants who participate.

From MarketWatch Sep. 2, 2026

There were no roster spots left, but Chesney agreed to let him be involved with the program as an intern.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 2, 2026

Lavallee said she couldn’t comment directly on the matter and instead underscored Voya’s “robust” investor engagement program, explaining, “We constantly run the company as though we are looking at it from an outside-in perspective.”

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 2, 2026

“Yeah. I’ve got this program that animates drawings. Every year I put together a movie of one year in the Delgado family. I thought it would be fun to include an animated clip of Tadeo.”

From "The Tenth Mistake of Hank Hooperman" by Gennifer Choldenko

Discounts: There are several programs for military members.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 2, 2026

Some programs are trying to offer new systems to help them save.

From MarketWatch Sep. 2, 2026

By comparison, the mindfulness programs improved physical activity and diet, but did not produce the same medication adherence benefit, according to the study.

From Science Daily Sep. 1, 2026

News columns and cable programs featured lengthy discussions about how this happened and what to do about it, all presented against an apocalyptic backdrop.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 1, 2026

They’re looking through the new guide for the library’s summer reading programs.

From "The Sea in Winter" by Christine Day

“They do have to be ready to perform, for instance, if a train is not stopping when it’s programed to stop,” Mayer told commissioners.

From Washington Post Mar. 7, 2023

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

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

From BBC Dec. 19, 2021

You can control the amount of pressure by controlling how inflated the airbags are, and it can even be programed to inflate and deflate continuously.

From Slate May 6, 2020

The firm says a single arm can be programmed to perform more than 90% of repetitive tasks.

From BBC Aug. 24, 2026

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

“Chatbots learn what you like to hear and are programmed to agree with you.”

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 11, 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

I planned the first thing I wanted to say to her, so Mrs. V and I had programmed it in ahead of time.

From "Out of My Mind" by Sharon M. Draper

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

A ground-floor entrance and windows will afford much greater visibility to its exhibitions, bookstore and public programing, while another level will supply additional offices for administrative and publication staff.

From New York Times Sep. 15, 2022

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

That’s because many companies leverage Google’s application programming interfaces so that they don’t have to develop their own expensive mapping software, and the Google APIs were displaying “Lake America.”

From MarketWatch Sep. 1, 2026

A curdled mug of nostalgia for adult-size puppets leading children around candy-hued soundstage sets, “Buddy” is a horror comedy scraped from the fuzzy lining of low-rent kiddie programming.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 28, 2026

Organisers said that the event had been "paused" following a "serious incident" and that no further programming would take place on Friday.

From BBC Aug. 28, 2026

TBD will be back to regularly scheduled programming next week.

From Slate Aug. 28, 2026

They are slumped down in their seats and appear to be really concentrating on the televised programming.

From "Counting by 7s" by Holly Goldberg Sloan




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