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
Other firms including Alphabet Inc.’s Google are also building tools to help programmers streamline the process of writing and debugging code.
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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
The remaining time was spent collecting information, reading documentation, helping coworkers, or debugging.
—IEEE Spectrum, 1 Aug. 2025
When code doesn't work as expected, debugging requires understanding what the code is actually doing—precisely the knowledge that vibe coding tends to sidestep.
—Ars Technica, 5 Mar. 2025
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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
The remaining time was spent collecting information, reading documentation, helping coworkers, or debugging.
—IEEE Spectrum, 1 Aug. 2025
When code doesn't work as expected, debugging requires understanding what the code is actually doing—precisely the knowledge that vibe coding tends to sidestep.
—Ars Technica, 5 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for debug
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In the past two decades, nearly two dozen mostly red states have amended their safe-haven laws, which allow people to anonymously give up their infants for adoption through face-to-face surrenders at hospitals and fire stations, to also permit people to surrender babies in these boxes.—
Alana Semuels,
Time,
8 Oct. 2025
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In addition, information related to wait times in September has been amended to clarify its weight as a data point.—
Natasha Chen,
CNN Money,
8 Oct. 2025
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In 2023, the two-time Super Bowl champion missed Pac-12 media day to address a blood clot in his right leg and another surgery to correct curved toes on his left foot.—
Chantz Martin,
FOXNews.com,
8 Oct. 2025
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The Yankees had mostly corrected their poor fundamental mistakes since the trade deadline, but in the most important game of the season, several miscues helped put New York in a deep early deficit.—
Brendan Kuty,
New York Times,
8 Oct. 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.—
Amir Mahmoud,
Arkansas Online,
6 Oct. 2025
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Meanwhile in Lagos, Africa’s largest and most influential fashion week is rewriting the runway rulebook.—
Simon Perry,
PEOPLE,
4 Oct. 2025
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Your curl pattern will look more defined, and the product will also work to detangle your hair while remedying breakage.—
Stacia Datskovska,
Footwear News,
8 Oct. 2025
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Restaurants with more than 30 demerits are required to fix the worst problems immediately and remedy the rest within 48 hours.—
Ella Gonzales,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
7 Oct. 2025
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How do the Giants reform the image of SF into a free-agent destination?—
Andrew Baggarly,
New York Times,
7 Oct. 2025
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Members of Congress are also working to reform the visa, which has largely gone unchanged since its creation in 1990.—
Dan Gooding,
MSNBC Newsweek,
7 Oct. 2025
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“Debug.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/debug. Accessed 9 Oct. 2025.
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