programmed

variants or programed
Definition of programmednext
past tense of program

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for programmed
Verb
  • Officials and defense analysts have long said that the constraint is not simply funding, but structural limits in a defense industrial base designed for predictable demand rather than rapid wartime expansion.
    CBS News, CBS News, 28 Mar. 2026
  • Enter Twinpalms Bangtao Phuket Tented Resort, the hideaway designed for those yearning for escapism.
    Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 28 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • After a kind gesture to airport employees in Georgia didn't go as planned, Tyler Perry found a workaround.
    Anthony Robledo, USA Today, 28 Mar. 2026
  • Rallies are also planned in more than a dozen other countries, from Europe to Latin America to Australia, Ezra Levin, a co-executive director of Indivisible, a group spearheading the events, said in an interview.
    ABC News, ABC News, 28 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • Billy Randolph had shaped them and how his death had altered their lives, responses came after long pauses and were choked with grief.
    Emerson Clarridge Updated March 27, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 28 Mar. 2026
  • From June 11 through July 19, visitors to the FIFA Fan Festival at Fair Park can explore an interactive exhibit honoring women who have shaped sports through their work in STEM, or science, technology, engineering and math.
    Miriam Fauzia, Dallas Morning News, 28 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • Payments would be calculated based on the number of taxpayers per filing status who qualify.
    Bebe Hodges, Cincinnati Enquirer, 28 Mar. 2026
  • The economists calculated that improvements in gaming technology since 2004 alone can explain nearly half the increase in young men’s leisure hours.
    Catherina Gioino, Fortune, 28 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • The Broncos head coach has a particular type of receiver — big — and has generally maneuvered his teams to draft and develop at the position.
    Luca Evans, Denver Post, 22 Mar. 2026
  • Assad maneuvered the drone down.
    Adam Ciralsky, Vanity Fair, 19 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • FilmLA has also charted an equally sharp decline in location shoots.
    Gene Maddaus, Variety, 18 Mar. 2026
  • Looking along the vertical axis from head to toe, the researchers charted how hems rose and fell in periodic curves over time and fit their findings to a mathematical model.
    K. R. Callaway, Scientific American, 18 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • Pittsburgh drafted McCutchen in the first round in 2005 and promoted him in 2009 for his major league debut.
    CBS News, CBS News, 24 Mar. 2026
  • The Baltimore Orioles originally drafted him in the fifth round in 2020.
    Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 24 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • After all, everything has worked out so far.
    Terry Savage, Chicago Tribune, 31 Mar. 2026
  • But her response, in my opinion, reaffirmed that Richardson simply hasn’t worked out in Indy, and a change of scenery is likely a formality.
    James Boyd, New York Times, 30 Mar. 2026
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“Programmed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/programmed. Accessed 1 Apr. 2026.

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