1
: relating to program music
2
: of, relating to, resembling, or having a program

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Amazon will give advertisers the chance to buy up programmatic advertising inventory from Red Seat via its demand-side platform, the latest in a series of similar alliances media companies have been striking in recent months. Brian Steinberg, Variety, 20 July 2026 Tom Burke is Chief Revenue Officer at AI Digital, leading go-to-market strategy and solutions in programmatic advertising. Tom Burke, Forbes.com, 20 July 2026 Instead, the authors of the programmatic-agreement draft contemplate resolving many of those details after approval and appear to anticipate it being signed this year—another indication that the administration intends to begin construction quickly. Janay Kingsberry, The Atlantic, 19 July 2026 DirecTV sent programmatic code in the stream… that hunted down hacked smart cards and destroyed them. ArsTechnica, 22 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for programmatic

Word History

First Known Use

1896, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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The first known use of programmatic was in 1896

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“Programmatic.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/programmatic. Accessed 27 Jul. 2026.

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