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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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Faced with rising yields, Bessent last month made the surprise announcement that he would at least double buybacks of longer-term Treasurys, expanding a program that was originally intended to improve liquidity in older, off-the-run securities.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 10, 2026

Another, who is married to a Salvadoran TPS holder, told her his family plans to leave the country if the program is canceled.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 10, 2026

"The Community Notes program alone is simply not adequate when it comes to reducing the impact of harmful falsehoods on social media platforms," said Angie Drobnic Holan, director of the International Fact-Checking Network.

From Barron's Sep. 10, 2026

“Oil contracts are never given to startups with no experience,” said Francisco Monaldi, director of the Latin America energy program at the Baker Institute at Rice University.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 10, 2026

Camp Panda and the reintroduction program is slowly making progress—one release at a time—gathering information and learning more with each effort.

From "Camp Panda" by Catherine Thimmesh

It found that grants to veteran-related programs by corporate foundations fell from roughly 1% of annual giving in 2014 to around 0.3% in 2023.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 9, 2026

Dr. Chowdhury said this imbalance creates a serious risk that conservation programs will miss the places where most insect species actually live.

From Science Daily Sep. 9, 2026

Generally speaking, it applies to programs aimed at expanding the pool of participants in social, economic and political life to include groups that have been traditionally excluded or underserved.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 9, 2026

Meta expects to spend between $130 billion and $145 billion this year, most of which will be dedicated to AI programs.

From MarketWatch Sep. 9, 2026

The problem was woven into every aspect of family life, from the high price of fresh fruits to widespread cuts in funding for sports and rec programs in public schools.

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama

“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

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

From BBC Dec. 19, 2021

We’re talking about a system that has to be programed sequentially and that can only do one thing at a time.

From Slate Aug. 2, 2021

Leidecker used iPads programed to listen and acoustically act.

From Los Angeles Times Oct. 2, 2018

I vaguely remember a TV story from the 50s that showed a room size computer at DuPont that was programed to generate millions of syllables for prefixes and syllables for suffixes.

From New York Times Jan. 15, 2015

The festival has programmed a documentary made entirely with AI -- "Be Brave" from Italian director Francesco Carrozzini, which centres on the founder of jeans brand Diesel, Renzo Rosso.

From Barron's Sep. 4, 2026

Though the drone was programmed to travel to a particular gas station by human operators, its final target mostly likely was selected by the weapon’s own internal system.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 27, 2026

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

From BBC Aug. 24, 2026

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

Then I programmed the cameras to switch to the prerecorded feeds whenever I shut out the lights in my hab-unit.

From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline

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

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

If one had to speculate, using very unscientific methods, it would seem that a huge amount of programming for adults is based on 19th-century French novels, Jane Austen and Dame Agatha.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 10, 2026

The network said it planned to focus on creating a simpler and more efficient operating model and enable greater investment in distinctive programming.

From BBC Sep. 9, 2026

These posts are selected for users based on programming rules called algorithms that predict what you will engage with -- whether it's something you like, or that riles you.

From Barron's Sep. 9, 2026

The executives in charge of programming know that these movies will get watched simply because they’re on Netflix, and then they will be drowned by another wave of content.

From Salon Sep. 2, 2026

If he were lucky, he might get to do some programming, set up some systems.

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




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