programmatic

adjective

pro·​gram·​mat·​ic ˌprō-grə-ˈma-tik How to pronounce programmatic (audio)
1
: relating to program music
2
: of, relating to, resembling, or having a program
programmatically adverb

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Participants in the March 10 SXSW panel include Firefly CEO Jason Kim and Regina Blue, the deputy programmatic manager for NASA's Commercial Lunar Payload Services program, or CLPS for short. Julian Dossett, Space.com, 3 Mar. 2025 As the world digitizes, buying advertising inventory is moving from power lunches to programmatic platforms that leverage data and automation. Stockstory Team, CNBC, 22 Feb. 2025 Spreading ourselves too thin dilutes the humanitarian and strategic impact of our foreign assistance spending—that's why the alignment with U.S. foreign policy priorities and programmatic efficiency tests are so important. Ted Yoho, TIME, 13 Feb. 2025 Trump will judge both appointees and civil servants by one criterion: loyalty, defined not by commitment to a programmatic agenda but by unquestioning obedience to the president. Russell Muirhead, Foreign Affairs, 23 Jan. 2025 See All Example Sentences for programmatic

Word History

First Known Use

1896, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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The first known use of programmatic was in 1896

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“Programmatic.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/programmatic. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.

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