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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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However, the ITA, on behalf of the UCI, has the responsibility to ensure the effectiveness of the cycling anti-doping program and the integrity of cycling races.

From BBC Jul. 19, 2026

The U.S. sanctions and removal from the program cost it billions of dollars in potential defense contracts.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 18, 2026

And Johns Hopkins has launched a three-year program to research remedies, including waivers in the case of long-established doctor-patient relationships.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 18, 2026

The findings suggest that time restricted eating may be practical in the short term while also producing effects that continue well beyond the initial program.

From Science Daily Jul. 18, 2026

Coal considered praising Dr. Achebe for his excellent intern program, but he’d gotten Isadora in enough trouble.

From "Boy 2.0" by Tracey Baptiste

The talent pool McKinnon pulls from includes theater managers, retired projectionists, trainees from specialized college programs and even workers in other professions who take PTO for the occasion.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 17, 2026

Airlines rake in billions of dollars a year from the banks that manage their credit-card programs.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 17, 2026

Yet already computer science enrollment has begun to slide -- dropping six percent across the University of California system and falling at two-thirds of computing programs nationwide, according to the Computing Research Association.

From Barron's Jul. 17, 2026

As they exited the modeling industry, they pivoted into animal activism and volunteering for rescue groups and trap, neuter and return programs for cats.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 17, 2026

Who programs her doorbell to sound like a frog?

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

“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

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

Waymo vehicles are also programmed to pull over at the sight of a cop car’s lights, and they offer a means to speak with a human representative of their companies.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 10, 2026

Each is programmed to identify specific materials as they make their way through the conveyor lines.

From Barron's Jun. 17, 2026

"But the robots are friendly, they're polite and they're programmed to be careful. They've slotted into everyday life in loads of communities since we started out in the UK back in 2018."

From BBC Jun. 17, 2026

As children, Cody and Paul Walker were practically programmed to love cars.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 8, 2026

Only the human mind is designed to work in this way, programmed to drift away in the presence of locked-on information, straying from each point in a hunt for a better, different point.

From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas

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

Wilderness Awareness School in Duvall offers adult classes and extensive youth programing, teaching outdoor skills to students ages 4 to 18.

From Seattle Times Oct. 20, 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

Candi Carter, whose Cistus Media handles e-commerce for Tegna, said viewers have long been accustomed to seeing products touted inside of programming content, going back to the days of Oprah Winfrey’s “favorite things” segments.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 19, 2026

He noted that Netflix may spend 5% of its content budget on live events in 2026, even as it expects that programming to command only a 1% share of viewing hours.

From MarketWatch Jul. 18, 2026

IBM has trimmed thousands of roles from its 260,000-person workforce and has hosted reskilling programming for its own staffers.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 16, 2026

Bonta said the the $110 billion purchase of Warner Bros. by Paramount would leave the resulting company with control of nearly a third of all movie production and cable television programming in the United States.

From Salon Jul. 13, 2026

“It was a field test. The military project wasn’t just about programming people so they could camouflage themselves. It was also about making people who were genetically predisposed to be cool under pressure.”

From "Boy 2.0" by Tracey Baptiste




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