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.
Example Sentences
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Allan didn’t want to sell because he felt the timing was poor and believed he was being frozen out of the decision-making process.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 5, 2026
Rapidus will make one wafer at a time and process it right away, he said.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 4, 2026
He said detention facilities were necessary to detain people so they could be guaranteed due process.
From BBC • Apr. 4, 2026
The paper went through an extensive peer-review process.
From Science Daily • Apr. 3, 2026
But the words of the map's verse ran around and around in his head, always ending in the same way, the same frightening way that jerked him awake and started the process all over again.
From "Rowan of Rin" by Emily Rodda
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
