programmed

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She said ministers aimed to ensure that the programmed helped "the people who need it most".

From BBC • May 27, 2026

Massie is a throwback libertarian who, in lieu of the standard lawmaker flag pin, wears on his lapel a national debt clock that he programmed himself.

From Slate • May 19, 2026

The Familiar must be programmed to handle these scenarios, like an autonomous vehicle is programmed to handle tricky intersections.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 4, 2026

At this point, YouTube is basically TV, and Coachella plays like one of its biggest annual broadcasts, programmed, paced and consumed accordingly.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 26, 2026

She worked through every minute of what was programmed to be a three-orbit mission, coming up with numbers for eleven different output variables, each computed to eight significant digits.

From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly