as in to amend
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 debug
For professional developers who need an environment that combines coding, debugging, and collaboration, Visual Studio Professional 2022 remains one of the most complete options available.
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PC Magazine, 6 Oct. 2025
When new features are developed at AI velocity, those service contracts can break, and debugging the resulting failures often falls on operations.
—Ronak Desai, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
Other firms including Alphabet Inc.’s Google are also building tools to help programmers streamline the process of writing and debugging code.
—Bloomberg, Mercury News, 2 Sep. 2025
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
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PC Magazine, 6 Oct. 2025
When new features are developed at AI velocity, those service contracts can break, and debugging the resulting failures often falls on operations.
—Ronak Desai, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
Other firms including Alphabet Inc.’s Google are also building tools to help programmers streamline the process of writing and debugging code.
—Bloomberg, Mercury News, 2 Sep. 2025
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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for debug
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On Tuesday, New Yorkers voted to pass three housing ballot proposals to amend the city’s charter, streamlining the approvals process for several types of developments.—
Kim Velsey,
Curbed,
5 Nov. 2025
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Advertisement On the Democratic side, Virginia’s legislature has begun the complicated process of working to amend the state constitution to enable redistricting.—
Solcyré Burga,
Time,
5 Nov. 2025
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This was something that communism corrected to a certain degree, but not really.—
Fiction Non Fiction,
Literary Hub,
6 Nov. 2025
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Fitzpatrick ordered prosecutors to immediately correct that.—
Gabe Whisnant,
MSNBC Newsweek,
5 Nov. 2025
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Associated Press text, photo, graphic, audio and/or video material shall not be published, broadcast, rewritten for broadcast or publication or redistributed directly or indirectly in any medium.—
Ryan Anderson,
Arkansas Online,
3 Nov. 2025
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This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.—
Ryan Mancini,
The Hill,
31 Oct. 2025
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To remedy this recall, dealers will replace the brake pads for free.—
Olivia Evans,
Louisville Courier Journal,
4 Nov. 2025
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The court clarified that racial distinctions by the government only apply in the rare instances that government is remedying specific instances of its past discriminatory conduct.—
Andrew Quinio,
Oc Register,
29 Oct. 2025
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Insomnia reveals times when the musicians, now geographically divided between East and West coasts, almost reformed, but not quite.—
David Browne,
Rolling Stone,
2 Nov. 2025
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It was mismanaged for years until recently, when former President Joe Biden reformed it, ultimately forgiving billions of dollars in debt for more than 1 million Americans.—
Zachary Schermele,
USA Today,
30 Oct. 2025
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“Debug.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/debug. Accessed 6 Nov. 2025.
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