program
noun
a plan of action to accomplish a specified end.
had programmed
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past perfectof program.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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In a statement to local media, Woolworths said it had programmed Olive to respond this way.
From Barron's ● Feb. 27, 2026
Former EWP artistic director Tim Dang returns to direct a revival that Snehal Desai had programmed and was slated to direct before he was appointed Center Theatre Group’s new artistic leader.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 1, 2023
She had programmed it to text her if he failed to move for 12 hours, a setting called “mortality mode.”
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 26, 2021
Volkswagen later admitted that it had programmed the vehicles to recognize when an emissions test was underway and to crank up pollution controls so the cars were deemed compliant.
From New York Times ● Sep. 24, 2019
I planned the first thing I wanted to say to her, so Mrs. V and I had programmed it in ahead of time.
From "Out of My Mind" by Sharon M. Draper
