process
Usage
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A process is a series of progressive and interdependent steps by which an end is attained: a chemical process. Procedure usually implies a formal or set order of doing a thing, a method of conducting affairs: parliamentary procedure. Proceeding (usually plural) applies to what goes on or takes place on a given occasion or to the records of the occasion: proceedings of the Royal Academy of Sciences.
Example Sentences
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The guardrails that exist to prevent this process, dubbed “predicate laundering,” have, in the past, been shown to be reasonably effective.
From Salon • Apr. 6, 2026
It felt surreal, and Jessica says she was slow to process the news.
From Slate • Apr. 6, 2026
Look more closely at many major innovations throughout history and you’ll find a similar process of so-called simultaneous invention—different researchers consuming the same material and reaching similar conclusions independently.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 5, 2026
A key part of this signaling process involves a receptor called CCR5.
From Science Daily • Apr. 5, 2026
And then the light of Ra goes away until the next day, when the process begins once again.
From "The (Mostly) True Story of Cleopatra's Needle" by Dan Gutman
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
