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process

[pros-es, proh-ses] / ˈprɒs ɛs, ˈproʊ sɛs /




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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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Across the U.S., mostly male clubhouses have become family-friendly facilities with waterslides, wellness programs and karaoke, saving a cratering industry in the process.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026

Asked if he could see obvious flaws in the construction process, he said: "Everyone rushes to build in this neighbourhood."

From Barron's ● Oct. 23, 2026

Researchers believe the process identified beneath Kikai may help explain why other enormous caldera systems, including Yellowstone and Toba, also contain large magma reservoirs relatively close to Earth's surface.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 23, 2026

It was a court decision involving Moreno Valley, a city about 75 miles east of Inglewood that planned to build a major development through the same approval process that was used in Inglewood.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 23, 2026

I was so excited about my discovery that I didn’t consider the actual process of sorting through garbage.

From "South of Somewhere" by Kalena Miller

Chinese regulators approved Citi’s request to establish a wholly owned securities company in China after nearly five years in review processes.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026

If you want robots to navigate the real world, they can't just be trained inside computer simulations, argues Manish Agarwal, the founder of Humyn Labs, which collects and processes human-generated data.

From BBC ● Oct. 23, 2026

When a laser excites a spin defect, the defect can return to its original, lower-energy state through several different processes.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 23, 2026

Citi announced the approval from the China Securities Regulatory Commission on Friday, after nearly five years in review processes.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026

All three processes are the work of living microorganisms; Pasteur will call them "germs."

From "Phineas Gage" by John Fleischman

In the four years to December 2022, Stanford researchers analysed four million job applications processed by an AI hiring tool, external.

From BBC ● Oct. 22, 2026

Parents must mark one federally recognized race or ethnicity on the application, or it won’t be processed.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 19, 2026

Camera and audio data is processed in a secure container on the processor, so neither Apple nor apps can access it.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 2026

Eumetsat handles routine satellite operations and supplies marine and atmospheric observations, while ESA provides data covering land, the cryosphere, inland waters, and atmospheric products processed after acquisition.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 12, 2026

Surveys to determine what issues bothered parents and students were drawn up and mailed out, and the responses were processed in order to formulate an agenda.

From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson

The companies decided to proceed with the project in July this year, and have earmarked it for fast-tracked development, aided by using existing pipelines and processing plants in Egypt that will help accelerate production.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026

These methods can become unreliable when measurements contain noise, and they often require substantial processing resources.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 23, 2026

The latter half of “I Can’t Stop” finds Hanawalt processing the end of her relationship, dipping a toe back into the dating world, and exploring fertility options such as egg-freezing.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 21, 2026

And while investors have recently been concerned about the sustainability of demand for compute, or AI processing power, SpaceX’s earnings call showed that the company is not seeing any sort of slowdown.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 20, 2026

Hulking things of metal, enamel, and glass, the steam-powered machinery filled the room with a rhythmic hum, like the stomach processing its food.

From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros


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