programmed

verb

variants or programed
past tense of program
as in designed

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  1. designed
  2. planned
  3. shaped
  4. calculated
  5. maneuvered
  6. charted
  7. drafted
  8. worked out
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  • In a move away from the traditional group stages, the league phase is designed to be fair through a seeding system.
    — Leon Imber, New York Times, 9 Sep. 2026
  • The approach is designed to increase the speed and scale of module production and installation while maintaining quality.
    — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 9 Sep. 2026
Definition of designed
Verb
  • The Cinderella dress that Kaitlyn Argyriou’s mother had sewn for her as a child and which Argyriou’s daughter, Avery, 4, had planned to wear trick-or-treating in Colorado Springs on Halloween.
    — Eric Adler, Kansas City Star, 5 Sep. 2026
  • The production planned to grab exterior footage outside Broadway’s Music Box Theatre — the film’s principal location — before a New York City blizzard intervened.
    — Clayton Davis, Variety, 5 Sep. 2026
Definition of planned
Verb
  • They’re typically hand-shaped from clay, which is very porous.
    — Alexandra Kelly, Martha Stewart, 5 Sep. 2026
  • In her 2015 memoir, Steinem recounts her dynamic, nomadic career as a writer and activist, and pays vivid homage to the people, places, and conversations that shaped her.
    — Mary Lawrence Ware, semafor.com, 4 Sep. 2026
Definition of shaped
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  • One more month of inflation data – September – must be known before a precise figure for the 2027 cost-of-living adjustment for Social Security benefits can be calculated and released.
    — Susan Tompor, Freep.com, 11 Sep. 2026
  • The idea came from James Fishback, who calculated taxpaying households could receive $5,000 based on Musk’s stated goal of saving $2 trillion.
    — Isaac Arnsdorf, Washington Post, 10 Sep. 2026
Definition of calculated
Verb
  • Menon and the spare dish were then maneuvered to the Z-1 truss, where it was mounted and connected to the station's power and data systems.
    — Robert Z. Pearlman, Space.com, 25 Aug. 2026
  • While looking at the shadows, Crimmins allegedly maneuvered the grapple so that its shadow appeared to grab Lynch’s shadow.
    — Bonny Chu, FOXNews.com, 24 Aug. 2026
Definition of maneuvered
Verb
  • The pro bono salary certainly suggested this might be a temporary post as the Bruins charted a new course to help balance the athletics budget.
    — Connor Dullinger, Los Angeles Times, 7 Sep. 2026
  • Beginning in the fall of 2021, the first chapter of Loktev’s documentary epic charted the months leading up to the Ukraine invasion.
    — Christopher Vourlias, Variety, 5 Sep. 2026
Definition of charted
Verb
  • After Ekwonu ruptured his patellar tendon in the playoff loss to the Los Angeles Rams, the Panthers signed veteran tackle Rasheed Walker to a one-year deal in free agency, then drafted Freeling with the 19th pick a month later.
    — Joseph Person, New York Times, 9 Sep. 2026
  • Bethea was drafted by the Indianapolis Colts in the sixth round of the 2006 draft.
    — Eben Novy-Williams, Sportico.com, 8 Sep. 2026
Definition of drafted
Verb
  • New York's congressional delegation insisted 9/11 victim compensation be worked out before the airlines get their wishes fulfilled.
    — Kayla Dwyer, IndyStar, 11 Sep. 2026
  • Imanaga worked out of a two-out single in the frame, then escaped a leadoff walk in the second to keep the deficit at one.
    — Andy Martinez, Chicago Tribune, 11 Sep. 2026
Definition of worked out
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