process
Usage
What are other ways to say process?
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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Like many of Brazil’s rare-earth deposits, Viridis’s reserves are found in clay, which executives say is cheaper and easier to process than the hard-rock deposits common in Australia and elsewhere.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026
The RFU council - famously described by then England captain Will Carling in 1995 as "57 old farts" - is in the process of being reformed.
From BBC • Jun. 9, 2026
Iran coach Amir Ghalenoei complained on Sunday that the process of obtaining visas had delayed his team's arrival by a week.
From Barron's • Jun. 8, 2026
In studies involving mice, the treatment reduced nerve cell loss, helped the animals live longer, and targeted a biological process that existing Alzheimer's drugs do not address.
From Science Daily • Jun. 8, 2026
Her eyes don’t even go wide—it’s like she has no way to process how I look.
From "Popcorn" by Rob Harrell
Vocabulary lists containing process
Jim Burke's Academic Vocabulary List
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TEKS ELAR Academic Vocabulary List (5th-7th grades)
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The SAT: Multiple-Meaning Words, List 4
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