programmed

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The Man of Steel combats gigantic robots programmed to abscond with jewels and other valuables and then take to the air to return to their mad-genius minder.

From The Wall Street Journal • 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

“You’re given a map, and things are programmed several times throughout the night, so you can see most of it, but not everyone will get to do everything.”

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 28, 2026

In laboratory experiments, the devices remained stable through tens of thousands of switching cycles and retained their programmed states for about a day.

From Science Daily • Apr. 23, 2026

I cleared away the episodes of Riptide and Misfits of Science I’d programmed and dropped in a few back-to-back flicks starring Gamera, my favorite giant flying turtle.

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