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
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
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
In such systems based on multiple agents, some agents assist in generating code and some in testing and debugging it.
—Julius Černiauskas, Forbes, 14 Mar. 2025
While the program will gather feedback about tools, performance tuning, debugging utilities, and plenty of other aspects of game development, it’s also designed for input from game studios that aren’t shipping games on Xbox.
—Tom Warren, The Verge, 2 Oct. 2024
Ronak Desai, Forbes.com, 9 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
In such systems based on multiple agents, some agents assist in generating code and some in testing and debugging it.
—Julius Černiauskas, Forbes, 14 Mar. 2025
While the program will gather feedback about tools, performance tuning, debugging utilities, and plenty of other aspects of game development, it’s also designed for input from game studios that aren’t shipping games on Xbox.
—Tom Warren, The Verge, 2 Oct. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for debugging
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The two Parliament Acts of 1911 and 1949 limited the power of the House of Lords, preventing it from amending or blocking laws relating to budgeting.—
Garret Martin,
The Conversation,
2 Oct. 2025
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The most notable difference is amending the Sports Broadcasting Act, a move supporters believe will pave the way for more than 130 major college football schools to substantially increase their media rights revenue.—
Ralph D. Russo,
New York Times,
30 Sep. 2025
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The concealer, which is our favorite hack for dark circles, comes in 24 shades, including color-correcting options like green and pink.—
Alyssa Grabinski,
PEOPLE,
6 Oct. 2025
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By correcting those practices, there would be plenty of money to fairly pay staff, the union has asserted.—
Sierra Lopez,
Mercury News,
29 Sep. 2025
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Put it all together, and the larger story is that wealth managers and GPs are rewriting the rules for how money moves around the world.—
Henry Fernandez,
Fortune,
30 Sep. 2025
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The 7-foot-3 unicorn, still in the early stages of rewriting how basketball is played, just made a move few in the world can.—
Jared Weiss,
New York Times,
29 Sep. 2025
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There is reason to think there could be room for negotiation on extending or reforming the credits.—
Emily Brooks,
The Hill,
30 Sep. 2025
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There is little action that could be forced upon these platforms with today’s Section 230 protections for third-party content, but there is growing Republican support for reforming, or even repealing, the law.—
Rachyl Jones,
semafor.com,
23 Sep. 2025
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There is optimism that the imminent return of Ryan Gravenberch, suspended against Bournemouth following a red card in the final fixture of last season, will go some way to remedying Liverpool’s struggles to defend fast breaks.—
Jack Bantock,
New York Times,
25 Aug. 2025
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Strong relationships, communicating any delays and remedying any hiccups in transport can be the difference between losing that customer over one incident versus continuing to do business with them for the long term.—
Toni Pisano,
Forbes.com,
20 Aug. 2025
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The extension signified rectifying the city's decision, motivated by Black-white racial divisions, not to name the entire street after the Civil Rights leader.—
Sophia Tiedge,
jsonline.com,
11 Sep. 2025
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Steve Berman, managing partner and co-founder of Hagens Berman, one of the firms working on behalf of the plaintiff, said Chun’s certification is a step toward rectifying consumers’ issues.—
Meghan Hall,
Sourcing Journal,
8 Sep. 2025
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“Debugging.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/debugging. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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