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
When new features are developed at AI velocity, those service contracts can break, and debugging the resulting failures often falls on operations.
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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
The remaining time was spent collecting information, reading documentation, helping coworkers, or debugging.
—IEEE Spectrum, 1 Aug. 2025
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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
The remaining time was spent collecting information, reading documentation, helping coworkers, or debugging.
—IEEE Spectrum, 1 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for debug
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Democratic State Senator Ben Allen, who sponsored the bill, and California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara initially pushed for insurers to be obliged to pay out 100 percent of an owner’s personal property coverage limit, but the bill was amended after pushback from the industry.—
Giulia Carbonaro,
MSNBC Newsweek,
21 Oct. 2025
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Because four votes are needed to amend the county’s budget, Democrats currently must win over one of the panel’s two Republicans to make changes to county spending.—
Lucas Robinson,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
20 Oct. 2025
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His teachers corrected his posture and his hands; the angle of the arms and the way the wrist releases into the top of the drum, or drum head which usually is made from animal skin.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
22 Oct. 2025
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This story has been updated to correct the officer's rank.—
Gillian Stawiszynski,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
21 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.—
Daniel McFadin,
Arkansas Online,
27 Oct. 2025
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Yet, private capital is rewriting the rules.—
Jason Ma,
Fortune,
26 Oct. 2025
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After that, the property owners have the opportunity to remedy the problem.—
Matthew Adams,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
17 Oct. 2025
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The issue prompted a stop-sale notice to dealers from Stellantis, meaning dealerships cannot sell PHEV Grand Cherokees from the last five model years without remedying the issue first.—
Liam Rappleye,
USA Today,
13 Oct. 2025
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In September, Brodeur shared his intentions to reform the pageant in ways that answer Voigt and Srivastav's protests.—
Zoey Lyttle,
PEOPLE,
27 Oct. 2025
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Prime Minister Micheal Martin said the government was open to reforming the nomination process.—
CNN Money,
CNN Money,
25 Oct. 2025
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“Debug.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/debug. Accessed 30 Oct. 2025.
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