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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But going public requires making a company's internal finances public, a process that both loss-making companies will want to delay for as long as possible.
From Barron's • Jun. 8, 2026
This process allows far more heat to flow from one object to another than would normally be expected.
From Science Daily • Jun. 8, 2026
The confidential process allows regulators and companies to engage in a back-and-forth dialogue about disclosures as they complete the so-called prospectus for the stock offering.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 8, 2026
It is unclear how long such a process would take.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 8, 2026
The model used by Wall Street to price trillions of dollars’ worth of derivatives thought of the financial world as an orderly, continuous process.
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
Vocabulary lists containing process
Jim Burke's Academic Vocabulary List
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The SAT: Multiple-Meaning Words, List 4
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