debugging

verb

present participle of debug
as in amending
to remove errors, defects, deficiencies, or deviations from the computer program ran much faster after it was debugged

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Recent Examples of debugging The winning teams will combine AI speed with human understanding, better debugging workflows and a culture that values maintainability. — Ishraq Khan, Forbes.com, 8 July 2026 Arize tests and monitors RAG pipelines as well as the agents and applications built on them—debugging and hunting down errors and hallucinations. — Erik German, Fortune, 11 Apr. 2026 Whatever used to be fun (coding your first game, say) is replaced by something that’s not (debugging your code). — Joshua Rothman, New Yorker, 20 Mar. 2026 Some are conventional, such as the boards dedicated to debugging code or trading cryptocurrency. — Mike Dobuski, ABC News, 4 Feb. 2026 Today developers are positioning agents as a more advanced form of chatbot, capable of autonomously making decisions and completing routine tasks, such as navigating a Web browser or debugging computer code. — Webb Wright, Scientific American, 18 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for debugging
  1. amending
  2. correcting
  3. rewriting
  4. reforming
  5. remedying
  6. rectifying
Verb
  • Recently, the Illinois Register proposed amending the administrative code to update the definitions of the various alcohol categories solely by their production process — not their alcohol content.
    — Adam Hoffer, Chicago Tribune, 5 July 2026
  • That’s what’s important, so just amending the contract doesn’t work for me.
    — Michael Praats, Charlotte Observer, 4 July 2026
Definition of amending
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  • Both magnesium and vitamin D supplements are most helpful when correcting a deficiency.
    — Morgan Pearson, Verywell Health, 13 July 2026
  • Long before ambient documentation arrived, patients were already reconciling medication lists, catching referral failures, correcting demographic mistakes, and trying to make sense of conflicting recommendations from different specialists.
    — Demetri Giannikopoulos, Forbes.com, 11 July 2026
Definition of correcting
Verb
  • Facing unpredictable tariffs, fleet disruptions, and intense competition, the company is entering a new era of reglobalization, where automated belt systems, edge robotics, and new trade patterns are rewriting the rules of global supply chains.
    — Fortune Editors, Fortune, 15 July 2026
  • Let’s commit to pausing tearing each other down before ripping up and rewriting our stories and objects.
    — Tara Sonenshine, Baltimore Sun, 11 July 2026
Definition of rewriting
Verb
  • But Warsh has focused instead on reforming the central bank’s public messaging — mostly by demanding less of it.
    — Benn Steil, Washington Post, 9 July 2026
  • When House Republican Leader Paul Ryan proposed reforming Medicare, opponents ran a television ad portraying him pushing an elderly woman in a wheelchair off a cliff.
    — Jessica Riedl, The Atlantic, 6 July 2026
Definition of reforming
Verb
  • Ahead, design experts share the five most glaring living room flaws, plus advice for remedying them.
    — Madeline Bilis, Architectural Digest, 26 June 2026
  • Starmer is historically unpopular in Britain after a series of scandals and policy missteps, with critics accusing him of lacking a political vision for remedying the country’s stagnant post-Brexit economy.
    — Alexander Smith, NBC news, 19 June 2026
Definition of remedying
Verb
  • The populace can only deduce that either Putin is responsible or the elites around him are insulating him from realizing and rectifying the situation.
    — Melik Kaylan, Forbes.com, 29 June 2026
  • Come up with strategies for rectifying the issue, as needed, as well.
    — Alanna Gallo, Parents, 2 June 2026
Definition of rectifying

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