as in to amend
to remove errors, defects, deficiencies, or deviations from
the computer program ran much faster after it was debugged
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Recent Examples of debug
The team eventually consolidated back to a more balanced approach after experiencing mounting operational complexity and debugging challenges that outweighed the benefits.
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Forrester, Forbes.com, 12 May 2025
Operational Monitoring And Observability Every AI agent interaction—inputs, outputs and tool actions—should be logged to maintain an audit trail and simplify debugging.
—Kingsuk Chakrabarty, Forbes.com, 1 May 2025
Marketed as the first AI capable of independently completing software development tasks, Devin wowed audiences with its ability to debug, deploy applications, and manage GitHub issues.
—Quora, Forbes.com, 16 Apr. 2025
Microsoft found that without this approach, models are quite notably bad at debugging tasks.
—Samuel Axon, ArsTechnica, 11 Apr. 2025
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Forrester, Forbes.com, 12 May 2025
Operational Monitoring And Observability Every AI agent interaction—inputs, outputs and tool actions—should be logged to maintain an audit trail and simplify debugging.
—Kingsuk Chakrabarty, Forbes.com, 1 May 2025
Marketed as the first AI capable of independently completing software development tasks, Devin wowed audiences with its ability to debug, deploy applications, and manage GitHub issues.
—Quora, Forbes.com, 16 Apr. 2025
Microsoft found that without this approach, models are quite notably bad at debugging tasks.
—Samuel Axon, ArsTechnica, 11 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for debug
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The Act would have amended the Home Ownership and Equity Protection Act of 1994, a law that amended the Truth in Lending Act of 1968.—
Norbert Michel,
Forbes.com,
9 July 2025
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Already, some of the challengers to Mr. Trump's birthright citizenship policy have amended or filed new lawsuits as class-actions.—
Melissa Quinn
July 9,
CBS News,
9 July 2025
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Rework alone—correcting things that have simply been done wrong—accounts for 12% of the cost of projects, on average.—
Kathleen Kewley,
Forbes.com,
4 July 2025
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This story was updated to correct information about who would manage the Findlay Community Center's childcare center.—
Sydney Franklin,
The Enquirer,
3 July 2025
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That just had to be rewritten, and the tweak to the language got the OK, so that provision remained in the bill.—
Tax Notes Staff,
Forbes.com,
15 July 2025
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If the generals wanted something slightly different, Luckey’s team could simply rewrite the code.—
Dexter Filkins,
New Yorker,
14 July 2025
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Poor sleep exacerbates many of the chronic conditions that the movement is focused on remedying.—
Nicholas Florko,
The Atlantic,
7 July 2025
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To remedy this issue dealers will replace the cylinder head assembly for free.—
Olivia Evans,
The Courier-Journal,
3 July 2025
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Corey Husak, who directs tax policy at the liberal Center for American Progress, listed off more incremental policies, including reforming and raising the estate tax, ending various preferential treatments of business income, and changing how capital gains are taxed.—
Kyle Khan-Mullins,
Forbes.com,
8 July 2025
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While Governor Ron DeSantis has recently signed a bill reforming the new law to offer some relief to struggling associations and condo owners, its impact is still to be felt on the market.—
Giulia Carbonaro,
MSNBC Newsweek,
2 July 2025
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“Debug.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/debug. Accessed 20 Jul. 2025.
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