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
Writing simple implementations, debugging messy edge cases or poking around in code that didn't quite behave as expected.
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Daniel Gumucio, Forbes.com, 22 May 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
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
Daniel Gumucio, Forbes.com, 22 May 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
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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Still, Sinner’s Wimbledon coup spooked Grand Slam organizers into amending their rulebook.—
Sara Germano,
Sportico.com,
24 May 2026
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Overland Park is looking at amending its policies to streamline certain housing projects or open up the possibility to develop accessory dwelling units or duplexes in areas that have been historically single-family neighborhoods.—
Taylor O'Connor,
Kansas City Star,
22 May 2026
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Treatments range from Chinese-inspired, correcting the flow of qi within the body, to Ayurvedic, rooted in India’s most ancient healing science.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
3 June 2026
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But pay close attention to the difference between how a reputable news organization acknowledges its mistakes—namely, by transparently correcting them—and how Trump or Musk reacts to being called out for getting something wrong.—
Adrienne LaFrance,
The Atlantic,
1 June 2026
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With more than a dozen new state laws taking effect this year and an additional 300 policies under consideration, a patchwork of local mandates is effectively rewriting the rules of the American supply chain.—
Arthur Zaczkiewicz,
Footwear News,
3 June 2026
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Memories of those early, exhausting days of fatherhood cannot be extricated from the challenges of rewriting a particularly thorny vignette.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
2 June 2026
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Now, after tackling what many considered the first impossible mission — reforming the United Nations — Bartos is preparing for what may prove an even harder challenge.—
Efrat Lachter,
FOXNews.com,
6 June 2026
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Xi could alleviate tensions with trading partners and pressures at home by reforming the economy to stimulate more domestic demand, so that Chinese households could buy more Chinese goods.—
Michael Schuman,
The Atlantic,
3 June 2026
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For generations, the federal government enforced civil rights laws with an eye toward remedying historic, systemic discrimination against Black people and other people of color.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
3 June 2026
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Presuming that sons are already less social is not a recipe for remedying this bias.—
Lise Eliot,
The Conversation,
20 Apr. 2026
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Crucially, the panel report should also outline the pathway for rectifying the rule violations and set benchmarks for monitoring progress towards correction.—
Inu Manak,
Time,
27 May 2026
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Now, though, Duke must quickly turn the page, simultaneously embracing the fear Siena put in it, while rectifying the nonchalant attitude that got it behind in the first place.—
Brendan Marks,
New York Times,
20 Mar. 2026
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