programmatic
adjective
pro·gram·mat·ic
ˌprō-grə-ˈma-tik 
1
: relating to program music
2
: of, relating to, resembling, or having a program
Examples of programmatic in a Sentence
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The harsh fiscal reality not only may doom expansion of the programmatic gains that those on the left championed, but imperil their very existence just as the additional benefits begin kicking in.
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Dan Walters, The Mercury News, 5 Apr. 2024
The three collaborators then connected this programmatic choreography to video game NPCs (non-playable characters) and to midcentury Broadway – where social malaise became spectacle.
—Ben Croll, Variety, 4 Apr. 2024
Explore our comprehensive digital marketing solutions, including programmatic marketing, email marketing, social media marketing, search engine marketing, native advertising and more.
—Sponsored Content, The Mercury News, 29 Mar. 2024
Burton viewed Commonwealth as reviving the programmatic model through its representation of artists whose biographies weave through the West Coast and reflect the region’s economic and racial diversity.
—Zachary Small, New York Times, 27 Feb. 2024
Although a programmatic overhaul is now underway, no one can yet say just how—or when—the Mars Sample Return (MSR) initiative will succeed, and lawmakers have threatened the project with outright cancellation.
—Leonard David, Scientific American, 11 Jan. 2024
The grants may be used for operating or programmatic needs.
—Allana Haynes, Baltimore Sun, 29 Jan. 2024
But out from under the thumb of corporate overlords who demand yet another true crime show or haphazardly throw in programmatic ads or impose (and then change) metrics, people in podcasting will innovate.
—Ariel Shapiro, The Verge, 20 Dec. 2023
With the announcement Friday of a new interagency council on homelessness, Gov. Ned Lamont highlighted Connecticut’s many individual programmatic successes in caring for the unhoused and its failure to establish a cohesive system.
—Mark Pazniokas, Hartford Courant, 13 Jan. 2024
Dan Walters, The Mercury News, 5 Apr. 2024
The three collaborators then connected this programmatic choreography to video game NPCs (non-playable characters) and to midcentury Broadway – where social malaise became spectacle.
—Ben Croll, Variety, 4 Apr. 2024
Explore our comprehensive digital marketing solutions, including programmatic marketing, email marketing, social media marketing, search engine marketing, native advertising and more.
—Sponsored Content, The Mercury News, 29 Mar. 2024
Burton viewed Commonwealth as reviving the programmatic model through its representation of artists whose biographies weave through the West Coast and reflect the region’s economic and racial diversity.
—Zachary Small, New York Times, 27 Feb. 2024
Although a programmatic overhaul is now underway, no one can yet say just how—or when—the Mars Sample Return (MSR) initiative will succeed, and lawmakers have threatened the project with outright cancellation.
—Leonard David, Scientific American, 11 Jan. 2024
The grants may be used for operating or programmatic needs.
—Allana Haynes, Baltimore Sun, 29 Jan. 2024
But out from under the thumb of corporate overlords who demand yet another true crime show or haphazardly throw in programmatic ads or impose (and then change) metrics, people in podcasting will innovate.
—Ariel Shapiro, The Verge, 20 Dec. 2023
With the announcement Friday of a new interagency council on homelessness, Gov. Ned Lamont highlighted Connecticut’s many individual programmatic successes in caring for the unhoused and its failure to establish a cohesive system.
—Mark Pazniokas, Hartford Courant, 13 Jan. 2024
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First Known Use
1896, in the meaning defined at sense 1
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