programming

verb

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

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  1. planning
  2. calculating
  3. scheming
  4. contracting
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  • The share of businesses planning to hire more workers increased by 3 points to 18%, the highest in a year.
    Lucia Mutikani, USA TODAY, 11 Dec. 2024
  • Automakers have invested or are planning to invest hundreds of billions of dollars globally to build a thriving EV market, according to industry consultant AlixPartners, but so far most are losing money.
    Russ Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 11 Dec. 2024
Definition of planning
Verb
  • As noted in past blogs, BLS uses lagged rent data in calculating the CPI.
    Robert Barone, Forbes, 7 Dec. 2024
  • That figure also represented the total number of employees that could be hired, without calculating the impact of the number of IRS workers who are expected to retire or leave the department over the next several years.
    Aimee Picchi, CBS News, 6 Dec. 2024
Definition of calculating
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  • Piñate and the two Smartmatic executives have been accused of scheming to pay more than $1 million in bribes to a Filipino election official to deploy Smartmatic voting machines and pay promptly for them, the indictment says.
    Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 5 Dec. 2024
  • Amy and Brian Scott have been scheming like criminals for four fortnights to set up their Swiftmas house in Naperville, Illinois.
    Bryan West, USA TODAY, 3 Dec. 2024
Definition of scheming
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  • Vaccination has prevented billions of children from contracting this disabling and life-threatening disease and is the only way to wipe out polio completely.
    Cynthia Tully, Forbes, 9 Dec. 2024
  • Camilla, 77, was forced to cancel a number of public engagements after contracting a chest infection in November.
    Taijuan Moorman, USA TODAY, 8 Dec. 2024
Definition of contracting
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