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.
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For LLMs to process images and audio, they have to be trained on that media directly, turning the inputs into tokens as they do with words.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026
In the process, we come to know Sidhwa, who projects a calm confidence, even when he’s nearly killed by a missile.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2026
And I’m sure the threat of being sued by your current employer is just heightening any anxiety you already have around the job-hunting process.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 21, 2026
Notwithstanding "serious failures" in the process that led to the killings, "the decisions of the commanders did not raise reasonable suspicion of criminal misconduct," the IDF said.
From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2026
It’s too much to process at eleven o’clock in the morning.
From "South of Somewhere" by Kalena Miller
Police will review policy and processes to ensure protocols are "foolproof" into the future, Lanyon added.
From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2026
Maternal age effects may be controlled by epigenetic processes that change how genes are used rather than by mutations that alter the underlying DNA sequence.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 19, 2026
ServiceNow helps businesses manage their internal processes like onboarding and human resources.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 19, 2026
Previously, the account published a general summary of an incident rather than the real-time explanations and thought processes of officials.
From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2026
Internal geological processes slowly deform the surfaces of Venus, Mars, Ganymede and Europa, as well as Earth.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
Those cells showed widespread changes in gene activity, including shifts in how they processed fuel, reacted to hormones, and detected nutrient availability.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 21, 2026
Some have been turning away from processed foods, shifting to fresher fare on store perimeters.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 19, 2026
Online prediction markets processed $19 billion during the recent soccer tournament.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 18, 2026
"The investigation is ongoing... We are still trying to identify the motive," police spokeswoman Shella Chang told AFP, adding the crime scene was now being processed.
From Barron's ● Aug. 18, 2026
Normal people don’t want to cry because the plan they’ve processed in their head is suddenly not the plan that’s going to happen.
From "Starfish" by Akemi Dawn Bowman
He was pictured inspecting a seafood processing facility on the island of Iturup, which Japan calls Etorofu.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026
According to the company's website, it still runs processing and production sites in Sunderland and in Holton, Suffolk.
From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2026
“By combining Apple silicon, on-device processing, privacy, operating systems, personal context, and a vast installed base, Ternus could cement Apple’s device dominance in an AI enabled era,” Mohan wrote.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 20, 2026
The human brain is continuously processing enormous amounts of information.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 20, 2026
I took the subway home that day, processing the episode all alone.
From "Between the World and Me" by Ta-Nehisi Coates
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