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procedure

[pruh-see-jer] / prəˈsi dʒər /


Usage

What are other ways to say procedure? The noun procedure usually implies a formal or set order of doing a thing, a method of conducting affairs: parliamentary procedure. A process is a series of progressive and interdependent steps by which an end is attained: a chemical process. 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.

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The Skims founder is then shown in a hospital bed in a series of clips, one in which it appears she’s being wheeled into a procedure.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 18, 2026

Additionally, the suspension applies "until such time as the environmental impact assessment procedure has been conducted before the national authority competent in environmental matters."

From Barron's Sep. 16, 2026

Stewart nixed the rest of his summer tour because he had to undergo a heart procedure.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 16, 2026

It had previously made an Urgent Crown Development application, a special procedure to fast-track the process due to its "national importance".

From BBC Sep. 15, 2026

I pictured a handsome French doctor explaining the standard colostomy procedure, and then I disappointed the woman at the gate by pulling out my wallet.

From "Me Talk Pretty One Day" by David Sedaris

It must still go through parliamentary procedures in Denmark and Greenland before taking effect.

From Salon Sep. 19, 2026

Event organizers and the law school letter said her remarks focused on military adjudication procedures and made no reference to any particular client.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 18, 2026

She said it would never be possible to know exactly how many lives could have been saved if safeguarding procedures had been properly followed.

From BBC Sep. 15, 2026

“We are confident in our safety policies, procedures and training,” he said.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 14, 2026

The virtue of such a coarse logarithmic safety scale is that it provides us, and particularly the media, with an order-of-magnitude estimate of the risks associated with various activities, illnesses, and procedures.

From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos




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