process
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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.
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He pointed to Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s comments that the company is “in the process of scaling much larger and more advanced models,” which Mahaney said provide “only qualitative color.”
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 30, 2026
The goal is to avoid the lengthy utility interconnection process delaying data center developments across the country, the people familiar with the matter said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 30, 2026
Farmers source water for their crops and livestock over summer from a combination of stored winter rainfall on site, and by extracting it from natural sources - a process called abstraction.
From BBC ● Jul. 30, 2026
The results indicate that FA suppresses this process by inhibiting voltage-dependent calcium channels, reducing the calcium signals needed for the muscles to tighten.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 30, 2026
This is the whole point of the process, Ms. Andrews said.
From "Wayward Creatures" by Dayna Lorentz
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"We are looking at our processes and systems in this area," they said.
From BBC ● Jul. 30, 2026
Yet they still cannot explain why those physical processes are accompanied by an inner experience.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 30, 2026
Some of the American companies, which are more accustomed to public bidding processes, have requested U.S. officials intervene.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 30, 2026
Speaking to former political adviser Jimmy McLoughlin on his podcast Jimmy's Jobs of the Future, Burnham said he was concerned that the use of technology was not making recruitment processes "fairer".
From BBC ● Jul. 30, 2026
"I've been thinking," he said, "about a clock. We could make a sundial We could put a stick in the sand, and then-" The effort to express the mathematical processes involved was too great.
From "Lord of the Flies" by William Golding
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DUV machines project microscopic circuit patterns onto silicon wafers that are then etched and processed into memory and mature chips.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 28, 2026
Rather than send wheat to Minneapolis to be processed, incurring high transportation costs, farmers and the state banded together to form the North Dakota Mill, the only state-owned mill in the United States.
From Salon ● Jul. 26, 2026
Nearly every time you pay for something with a credit card, that authorization is processed by an IBM system.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 23, 2026
Phosphorus - found in fertiliser and processed livestock feed - is considered to be one of the substances of most concern.
From BBC ● Jul. 22, 2026
Markets in the city were booming with abundant supplies of dried, fresh, and processed foods, including milled rice, tofu, crackers, cakes, and meat.
From "Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West" by Blaine Harden
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The agriculture company, which helps farmers with processing and management, on Wednesday posted a profit of $678 million, or $3.47 a share, compared with $354 million, or $2.61 a share, a year earlier.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 29, 2026
“The people being removed are disproportionately working-age, employed and without criminal records — the demographic core of the workforce in construction, hospitality, agriculture, food processing, and care work,” the report read.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 29, 2026
Apply for benefits up to four months before your 70th birthday to avoid processing delays.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 28, 2026
That could create new opportunities for studying consciousness, memory, emotional processing, and mental health.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 27, 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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