process
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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.
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Other proposals that would have created stricter requirements around the approval process for new storage sites did not advance through the Legislature this session.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2026
Former staff previously told BBC Newsbeat the development process had "no coherent direction" and accused senior managers of failing to listen to their concerns.
From BBC ● Sep. 25, 2026
Another not-insignificant consideration: Selling a home is a time-consuming, exhausting, stressful and laborious process.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 25, 2026
An attempt to buy a recently volatile Nasdaq-listed microcap stock at Fidelity this week triggered an approval process.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026
And with that, Clara yanked the ring from Hila’s hands and tossed it in Ashmodai’s direction, a little too wide, so that he had to reach for it, letting go of Boaz in the process.
From "Night Owls" by A.R. Vishny
Wilhelm expects AI to “impact every area through healthcare, maybe in drug discovery, looking at data,” to speed up the processes needed to develop medications and treatment techniques.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 25, 2026
When is it time to seek legal advice and put processes in place for all contingencies — for example, what happens if you fall and become incapacitated?
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 24, 2026
Concealing her own reactions, Ms. Kinetz questions a Nigerian teenager and veteran scam artist, Ayomide, about the processes involved in the operations, the scripts, and the vast amount of information they have on potential victims.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026
Rather than focusing on a single cancer pathway, the researchers set out to develop a drug that could interfere with a broader control center involved in several cancer-promoting processes at once.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 23, 2026
I watched the sheets breathe when she breathed, like how Dad used to say that trees inhale when people exhale, because I was too young to understand the truth about biological processes.
From "Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close" by Jonathan Safran Foer
“This is definitely the time those are being processed and delivered for Thanksgiving,” Goebbert noted.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 23, 2026
Common food preservatives found across the processed food supply may be associated with a greater risk of high blood pressure and cardiovascular disease, according to research published in the European Heart Journal.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 20, 2026
"I picked soybeans and chickpeas in other people's fields. I also collected turmeric, processed it and sold it."
From BBC ● Sep. 19, 2026
The hack of OpenAI began on July 23, when Hacktron’s researchers found a bug in the way that the community-discussion forum Discourse processed certain image files.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026
We were just another raw material, waiting to be processed.
From "Prisoner B-3087" by Alan Gratz
Different parts of the brain are responsible for processing different streams of sensory information, yet our experience of the world usually feels unified rather than fragmented.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 24, 2026
Ultimately, the benefits of optical networking can only be fully realised when light is used for not just carrying data, but for processing it too, says Ofer Shapiro, CEO of optical company Resolight.ai.
From BBC ● Sep. 22, 2026
The gold miner said a challenging operating environment continues to impact underground mining, open-pit mining and sulfide processing at its Syama mine.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 22, 2026
After processing the heartache of losing another parent in a different way, Tomlinson allowed herself to miss the good memories with her father and assuage any longing for revenge.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 2026
His puny brain appeared to be processing this information.
From "Klawde: Evil Alien Warlord Cat" by Johnny Marciano and Emily Chenoweth
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