programming

verb

variants or programing
Definition of programmingnext
present participle of program
as in planning

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  1. planning
  2. designing
  3. shaping
  4. maneuvering
  5. charting
  6. drafting
  7. framing
  8. calculating
Verb
  • Scenario planning moves from an annual event to a quarterly discipline.
    — Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2026
  • The festival will also open one day earlier than in previous years, on Tuesday, October 6, giving audiences greater flexibility in planning their visits and screenings.
    — Liz Shackleton, Deadline, 1 Sep. 2026
Definition of planning
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  • Broadcom has been one of the major winners of the AI boom, designing custom chips for companies including Google, Meta and OpenAI.
    — Jordan Novet, CNBC, 2 Sep. 2026
  • For this reason, Triola’s belief that a machine’s aggregation acumen presents chefs with an innovative tool for designing recipes strikes me as misguided.
    — Brady Brickner-Wood, New Yorker, 2 Sep. 2026
Definition of designing
Verb
  • Only 24 and with room to grow, but also real pedigree, Nico felt like the perfect, window-shaping addition.
    — George Caulkin, New York Times, 2 Sep. 2026
  • This bra uses flexible jelly support for shaping and providing a natural-looking boost, while higher side bands offer more coverage around the underarms and back.
    — Jeaneen Russell, PEOPLE, 2 Sep. 2026
Definition of shaping
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  • Three more appeared to stop maneuvering after initial attempts to raise their orbits.
    — Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 2 Sep. 2026
  • The Maryland fight mirrors a broader, high-stakes mid-decade redistricting war, with Democrats and Republicans maneuvering for new House seats from California to Texas as 2028 approaches.
    — David A. Lieb, Los Angeles Times, 26 Aug. 2026
Definition of maneuvering
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  • Videos of the confrontations got hundreds of thousands of views on social media, a burst of attention for a conservative youth organization that is charting its next chapter after last year's assassination of its leader Charlie Kirk.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 5 Sep. 2026
  • The technique would rely on charting out where hydrogen, the universe's lightest and most abundant element, is located across the cosmos.
    — Robert Lea, Space.com, 4 Sep. 2026
Definition of charting
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  • In the 2021 season, one year after drafting Joe Burrow, the Cincinnati Bengals found themselves in the franchise’s third Super Bowl.
    — Takashi Williams, New York Times, 3 Sep. 2026
  • That includes everything from shooting off an email to drafting a presentation to vibe coding custom apps.
    — Abhimanyu Ghoshal, New Atlas, 2 Sep. 2026
Definition of drafting
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  • Chancellor Julio Frenk announced the move Monday afternoon in an email to the UCLA community, framing the change around the financial challenges facing an athletic department trying to adapt to a rapidly changing college sports landscape.
    — Ira Gorawara, New York Times, 1 Sep. 2026
  • Certainly, by lifting part of the museum off the ground, invoking the freeway and framing the long stretch of Wilshire, Zumthor has constructed a worthy metonym for LA.
    — Katy Barkan, Artforum, 1 Sep. 2026
Definition of framing
Verb
  • Get comfortable calculating it accurately, because a sloppy SDE calculation is one of the fastest ways to lose credibility with a serious buyer before negotiations even begin.
    — Lien De Pau, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2026
  • Members would research and recommend a new method for calculating how much property owners pay for landscaping, lighting and other services.
    — Haley Parsley August 28, Sacbee.com, 28 Aug. 2026
Definition of calculating
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