programming

variants or programing
present participle of program

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for programming
Verb
  • Tamra’s hanging in Big Bear, Jenn is planning a wedding, and Heather lost $6 million on a house.
    Brian Moylan, Vulture, 31 Oct. 2025
  • Putting on the Halloween show together every year proves challenging for the team at The Kelly Clarkson Show, who are often planning for the special while juggling their regular workloads.
    Dave Quinn, PEOPLE, 31 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Using fractional diffusion theory, the research deepens understanding of transient charging behaviors in complex materials, which is key to designing high-performance components used for advanced engineering electrochemical systems in general.
    Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 24 Oct. 2025
  • In the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, when there were not enough ventilators for the patients who needed them, a team at NASA JPL was charged with designing a ventilator that could be rapidly produced without taking parts away from the critical medical supply chain.
    Michele Raphael, USA Today, 24 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The Helmand has long been a flash point between the neighbors, with both drought and politics shaping the dispute.
    Amir Daftari, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 Oct. 2025
  • Through its sponsorship of Billboard Latin Music Week, State Farm reaffirmed its commitment to supporting the Latin community and uplifting the voices shaping its culture.
    Quincy Green, Billboard, 30 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The organization defines restraint as staff using their bodies in ways that prevent patients from moving, such as by pinning them down or maneuvering their arms into positions that make resistance painful.
    Meg Wingerter, Denver Post, 29 Oct. 2025
  • These workhorses are usually tasked with maneuvering players into position for the final episode’s climax, ideally making the journey to those marks feel natural.
    Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 29 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Content creators who don’t follow traditional journalistic practices are charting new territory.
    David Wingrave, Harpers Magazine, 24 Oct. 2025
  • Speaking to Variety, Meddour said the film will follow Bellaribi, charting her upbringing within a poor family of Algerian immigrants in the underprivileged suburb of Nanterre and being abandoned by her parents after an accident that left her seriously injured.
    Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 23 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Knowing Ferguson had spent time with Paulsen to specifically learn more about blocking techniques made drafting him in the second round an easy decision for McVay.
    Jourdan Rodrigue, New York Times, 25 Oct. 2025
  • This past July, San Francisco added three Vols to its organization by drafting infielder Gavin Kilen with the 13th overall pick in the 2025 MLB draft, then acquiring outfielder Drew Gilbert and right-hander Blade Tidwell in the trade that sent Tyler Rogers to the Mets.
    Justice delos Santos, Mercury News, 22 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Snow suggests framing choices in terms of collaboration and care, rather than loss or restriction.
    Lauryn Higgins, Flow Space, 5 Nov. 2025
  • By framing opposition to ICE as both practical and symbolic, Mamdani is staking out a high-profile platform that could reshape the city’s approach to federal oversight and immigrant protections.
    Billal Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2025
Verb
  • Dek and Thia become an unlikely team, as Thia tracks down her lower body and the cold, calculating Tessa, and, in doing so, uncovers a sinister plot to capture and study extra-terrestrial wildlife, a trope instantly familiar from the Alien universe.
    Damon Wise, Deadline, 4 Nov. 2025
  • In that case, the administration has said calculating partial payments is a logistical nightmare that could take time to arrange in the middle of a shutdown.
    Jennifer Ludden, NPR, 3 Nov. 2025
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“Programming.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/programming. Accessed 6 Nov. 2025.

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