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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State commissioners could choose to start the process of setting rules for non-CLO structured securities as early as this summer.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 21, 2026
"We need a long process of changing the mindset" of the nobles, he said during the enormous funeral of one of them close to the capital, to which 4,000 guests, including atas, were invited.
From Barron's ● Jul. 21, 2026
Back in Sheffield city centre at Platts & Nisbett, makers of surgical instruments, the process now includes CNC at the first stage, which is when a software programme directs machinery to cut the components.
From BBC ● Jul. 20, 2026
Looking back on the process by which China since 2005 began to dominate global commerce, Tchir wonders if China is approaching the same moment in AI as it was then with industrial and consumer goods?
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 20, 2026
The process releases vast amounts of energy—it’s the energy from fusion that gives the sun its light and heat.
From "Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown" by Steve Sheinkin
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“Any potential matters arising from this incident will be handled through the appropriate processes established by the collective bargaining agreement.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 21, 2026
Companies will increasingly migrate “midtier” AI tasks to cheaper models, while reserving frontier-model usage for more complex multistep agentic processes, Sen said.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 20, 2026
As oxygen levels fall, they can disrupt the biological and chemical processes that help regulate Earth's climate.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 20, 2026
A model’s context window is the amount of data an AI model processes at one time.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 20, 2026
However, this background could have been, and probably was, generated by processes other than primordial black holes.
From "A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays" by Stephen Hawking
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On Friday, the company voluntarily pulled its iceberg lettuce grown and processed in its Central Mexico facility, Taylor Farms de Mexico, from the United States market.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 20, 2026
Taylor Farms said it had recalled iceberg lettuce grown and processed in central Mexico “in an abundance of caution.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 20, 2026
The Mediterranean diet emphasizes olive oil, fish, legumes, fruits, vegetables, whole grains, and other minimally processed foods.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 18, 2026
Some trading accounts provide temporary buying power through instant deposits so the account holder can make trades while the bank transfer is still being processed.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 14, 2026
This meant 16,012 prisoners had been processed into this camp before Jack.
From "Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps" by Andrea Warren
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It is then taken to a processing site in Machynlleth "so we're travelling a very short distance" where they have specialised composters.
From BBC ● Jul. 19, 2026
The FDA said it assessed five farms and a processing facility in the Mexican state of Guanajuato.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 18, 2026
Working memory is the brain's short term system for holding and using information, while processing speed reflects how quickly a person can understand and respond to information.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 18, 2026
Vargas, 40, said his adrenaline was so high that he wasn’t completely processing the situation as it was happening.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 18, 2026
On the way out of the clinic, Lexie was having trouble processing what was happening to her, what had just happened to her.
From "Little Fires Everywhere" by Celeste Ng
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