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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After amending the soil, add a 2 to 3 inch layer of organic mulch to the soil's surface to help slow down moisture evaporation.—
Mary Marlowe Leverette,
Southern Living,
18 Oct. 2025
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The change would have required amending the city’s municipal code, a multi-month process.—
Barbara Henry,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
16 Oct. 2025
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Writing the human genome in its entirety could enable correcting any genetic condition, regardless of its complexity.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
20 Oct. 2025
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Rather, experts say the trend of inventory declines is a sign the Florida housing market is correcting itself.—
Sydney Lake,
Fortune,
20 Oct. 2025
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However, Edge is not a full PDF editor for rewriting text or rearranging pages.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
16 Oct. 2025
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Game Engines Change the Game For these storytellers, real-time technology is rewriting the grammar of animation.—
Callum McLennan,
Variety,
15 Oct. 2025
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The Long Road to Property Tax Reform The issue of reforming property taxes, which have risen significantly over the past five years due to skyrocketing home values during the pandemic homebuying frenzy, has taken center stage in Tallahassee.—
Giulia Carbonaro,
MSNBC Newsweek,
17 Oct. 2025
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According to a report from the Canadian Federation of Independent Business (CFIB) released Thursday, 87 percent of small businesses support reforming Canada Post in some fashion.—
Glenn Taylor,
Sourcing Journal,
13 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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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,
Freep.com,
10 Oct. 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 26 Oct. 2025.
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