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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
  • The president is planning to take the stage both nights of the convention, giving a keynote address Wednesday and then closing remarks after Vice President JD Vance gives his own speech the following night.
    — Will Weissert, Fortune, 8 Sep. 2026
  • Louisiana site moves forward The company is also planning a technology-neutral screening of available small modular reactor designs.
    — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 8 Sep. 2026
Definition of planning
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  • Marino waved away any issue about designing for different brands under the LVMH umbrella.
    — Luisa Zargani, Footwear News, 16 Sep. 2026
  • First-time bar-and-restaurant owners Jason and Stacey Fagundes, of Nampa, are designing the concept with help from a consulting team.
    — Michael Deeds, Idaho Statesman, 15 Sep. 2026
Definition of designing
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  • Everyone from the president of the New York Yankees (Randy Levine) to an oil billionaire (Cody Campbell) to a private equity firm (Smash Capital) is shaping the future of college athletics with no meaningful input from actual college athletes.
    — Stewart Mandel, New York Times, 14 Sep. 2026
  • This is part of how Hollywood helped make the gerbil legend, shaping stars to deliver fantasies but telling lies along the way.
    — Allen Salkin, HollywoodReporter, 14 Sep. 2026
Definition of shaping
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  • Because of the narrow and winding roads leading to the neighborhood, firefighters had a difficult time maneuvering fire trucks into the area.
    — Dean Fioresi, CBS News, 14 Sep. 2026
  • However, their effectiveness may be limited when targets appear at close range or operate in environments where reaction time and maneuvering space are restricted.
    — Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 4 Sep. 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
Verb
  • Officials want one set of enforcement standards and is drafting a formal process for when parking tickets can be reviewed or waived.
    — Caroline Foreback, CBS News, 16 Sep. 2026
  • The president has amassed significant amounts of crypto wealth while in office, complicating dynamics for senators drafting legislation to try to bring the fledgling digital assets industry into the mainstream.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 14 Sep. 2026
Definition of drafting
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  • Longoria’s hair was set in a deep part and styled in beachy face-framing waves, while her makeup was bright and bronzy with hints of peachy pink to compliment the star’s skintone.
    — Amina Ayoud, Footwear News, 14 Sep. 2026
  • Our partial Bosphorus view room is flooded with light thanks to lofty ceilings and large windows framing water, woodland and the city skyline.
    — Vicki Power, TheWeek, 14 Sep. 2026
Definition of framing
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  • This relatively new digital tool, the next generation of the SEO audit, goes far beyond calculating your brand’s rank.
    — Michelle Mekky, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2026
  • The grand jury soundly rejected that legal theory, nor did the state abide by it when calculating how much was owed to the federal government.
    — Claire Heddles, Miami Herald, 11 Sep. 2026
Definition of calculating
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