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programming

verb

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

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for programming
  1. planning
  2. designing
  3. shaping
  4. maneuvering
  5. charting
  6. drafting
  7. framing
  8. calculating
Verb
  • As talks between the two sides continue — with the expectation that the situation could come to a head as soon as Sunday night — antimerger activists are planning a series of rallies in Oakland, Los Angeles and New York.
    — Gene Maddaus, Variety, 20 Sep. 2026
  • Weida, a passenger on the bus, was planning to celebrate his 32nd birthday with his family this Saturday.
    — Dalia Faheid, CNN Money, 20 Sep. 2026
Definition of planning
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  • Her research includes designing offshore systems for recovering critical resources from the ocean.
    — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 22 Sep. 2026
  • The company’s origin story is that the Saudi Crown Prince steered them into designing something unlike any other car.
    — Matthew Martin, semafor.com, 22 Sep. 2026
Definition of designing
Verb
  • The concern is accuracy while injured, medicated, or uncertain, not shaping a story.
    — Matthew Kayser, Miami Herald, 21 Sep. 2026
  • Quilling involves rolling, shaping and gluing thin strips of paper to create flowers, monograms and other designs.
    — Janice Neumann, Chicago Tribune, 20 Sep. 2026
Definition of shaping
Verb
  • Additional Democrats are still maneuvering for other jobs in the leadership chain.
    — Nicholas Wu, semafor.com, 21 Sep. 2026
  • The footage showed four Type 99B tanks maneuvering and firing during a live-fire assessment involving a brigade of the People’s Liberation Army’s 80th Group Army at a training ground in Shandong, the Global Times reported.
    — Maria Mocerino, Interesting Engineering, 20 Sep. 2026
Definition of maneuvering
Verb
  • So, arguably, does his earlier, less sensational but equally radical Passing By (1974), charting the beginning, middle, and end of an ordinary love affair between two unremarkable young men.
    — Simon Callow, The New York Review of Books, 19 Sep. 2026
  • Launching October 14, the doc follows the pursuit of journalists alongside the survivors who speak out, charting Glitter’s 1997 conviction, through to his years on the run, and eventual incarceration.
    — Max Goldbart, Deadline, 16 Sep. 2026
Definition of charting
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  • 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
Verb
  • The prime minister of the Democratic Republic of Congo rejected framing the country’s relations with Washington as solely based around minerals, and offered a frank account of the cause of early Ebola cases remaining undetected.
    — Adrian Elimian, semafor.com, 22 Sep. 2026
  • For banking professionals in Charlotte, that framing shifts the relevant question.
    — Charlotte Observer, Charlotte Observer, 22 Sep. 2026
Definition of framing
Verb
  • What the machine is is a non-alive statistical calculating engine located in a cloud.
    — Tyler Foggatt, New Yorker, 17 Sep. 2026
  • 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
Definition of calculating
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