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.
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The Nuclear Regulatory Commission gave its stamp of approval, ending a three-year process to allow the plant to power on.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 16, 2026
Torossian said doctors had advised the Swedish authorities the process of moving Mason to the UK would pose a "danger to his life".
From BBC ● Aug. 16, 2026
The workers discovered the gold when they were in the process of laying sewage pipes for the new shelter homes set to be built there.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 16, 2026
So it’s entirely understandable if most of us aren’t into the labor aspect of the Lanterns’ audition process.
From Salon ● Aug. 16, 2026
In the process, they picked up more disturbing tidbits.
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
Included in the show are examples of her experimental photo processes and more traditional media such as Polaroids and inkjet prints.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 16, 2026
“An unknown number of agents are constantly arriving in Minnesota without any knowledge of the investigation, the issues already discussed and decided, and the processes they need to follow,” Teirab complained.
From Salon ● Aug. 15, 2026
They occur naturally in the body, helping dictate processes such as repairing tissue.
From Barron's ● Aug. 14, 2026
More clues come from studies that examine metabolites, the tiny molecules produced as the body processes food.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 13, 2026
Were units of information guiding each of these processes?
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
AbuSalim, Rabinowitz and their colleagues found that these proteins are processed by gut microbes and can alter both the makeup of the microbiome and the host's metabolism.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 15, 2026
USA Today published a photo earlier this year of a sailor’s mostly empty lunch tray, which included a few chunks of boiled carrot and processed meat of an indeterminate nature.
From Slate ● Aug. 14, 2026
While the Social Security Administration has already processed most adjustments and issued many retroactive payments, some retirees are still waiting because of administrative backlogs and complex eligibility cases, according to the publication Government Executive.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 10, 2026
It was something that I’ve processed and am still processing, and it was easy to transfer that into Season 3.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 10, 2026
Agribusinesses also need cheap corn from which they make processed food and hundreds of other products.
From "The Omnivore's Dilemma" by Michael Pollan
“The sheriff acknowledged the problem and devoted substantial additional resources, including new processing software and additional personnel, to cutting waiting times dramatically.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2026
Turing, whose full-scale AI training workloads are currently handled by Nvidia, plans to diversify to avoid dependence on a single supplier for graphics processing units, specialized chips used to train its autonomous-driving models.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026
It’s the latest iteration of Nvidia’s vendor-financing playbook, whereby the company has invested into various parts of the AI-infrastructure ecosystem that run on its graphics processing units.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 12, 2026
Food security master's student Maha Khan created the chocolate bar by harvesting, fermenting and processing the Reading-grown cocoa.
From BBC ● Aug. 12, 2026
They had a way of hearing one thing and processing it as something else.
From "The Darkest Minds" by Alexandra Bracken
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