reprogram
verb
re·pro·gram
(ˌ)rē-ˈprō-ˌgram 
-grəm
reprogrammed; reprogramming; reprograms
: to program anew
especially
: to revise or write a new program for
reprogram a computer
: to rewrite or revise a program especially of a computer
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At one point, Geoff decided to reprogram Ian’s foot switch, in part to cheer up Molly Holm, one of Ian’s nurses since 2008, who had bruised her ribs slipping on ice.
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Sarah Zhang, The Atlantic, 16 May 2025
Focus your effort on selecting, promoting, and rewarding the right leaders, rather than trying to reprogram the wrong ones.
—Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic, Forbes.com, 12 May 2025
The artists commissioned Harvard Medical School researchers to reprogram Lucier’s white blood cells into stem cells, capable of differentiating into various types of specialized cells.
—Leslie Katz, Forbes.com, 14 Apr. 2025
Shapiro says Colossal’s technique, which uses routine blood draws, yields cells that are easier to reprogram than those that come from skin—and could thus be a better way of diversifying the red wolf gene pool.
—Andrea Thompson, Scientific American, 8 Apr. 2025
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Sarah Zhang, The Atlantic, 16 May 2025
Focus your effort on selecting, promoting, and rewarding the right leaders, rather than trying to reprogram the wrong ones.
—Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic, Forbes.com, 12 May 2025
The artists commissioned Harvard Medical School researchers to reprogram Lucier’s white blood cells into stem cells, capable of differentiating into various types of specialized cells.
—Leslie Katz, Forbes.com, 14 Apr. 2025
Shapiro says Colossal’s technique, which uses routine blood draws, yields cells that are easier to reprogram than those that come from skin—and could thus be a better way of diversifying the red wolf gene pool.
—Andrea Thompson, Scientific American, 8 Apr. 2025
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“Reprogram.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/reprogram. Accessed 14 Jul. 2025.
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