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.
Example Sentences
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As the AI industry shifts from training to inference, or the process of running AI models, memory chips have become crucial to supporting larger, more complex models that can reason.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 17, 2026
The process takes time and is physically exacting; the women must beat the cloth together in rhythm, and to do so they use a tool more commonly associated with sailors pulling ropes: They sing.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026
For the 30-year-old self-published author Vianney Harelly, writing poetry is an “imperfect, messy and ugly” process, where she is allowed to break all the rules that would limit her creativity.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 17, 2026
As has been the case throughout the sales process, there was no prior warning that these tickets existed or when they would go on sale.
From BBC • Apr. 17, 2026
In 1799, New York had begun the gradual process of abolishing slavery.
From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock
Vocabulary lists containing process
Jim Burke's Academic Vocabulary List
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TEKS ELAR Academic Vocabulary List (5th-7th grades)
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The SAT: Multiple-Meaning Words, List 4
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