How to Use procedure in a Sentence

procedure

noun
  • The procedure will take two hours.
  • What is the procedure for applying for a loan?
  • Installing a car battery is a simple procedure.
  • New employees are taught the proper safety procedures.
  • We must follow proper court procedure.
  • An identity check is standard police procedure.
  • Part of that was making sure that there are process and procedures.
    Michael Schneider, Variety, 27 Aug. 2023
  • The procedure involves hairs being taken from the back of a patient's head and placed on the face to create a fuller set of brows.
    Kirsty Hatcher, Peoplemag, 27 Sep. 2023
  • Top surgery refers to the procedure to remove breast or chest tissue.
    Larry Madowo, CNN, 29 June 2023
  • More than a dozen states now ban the procedure, while others have enacted bans that have since been blocked in court.
    Alison Durkee, Forbes, 13 Nov. 2023
  • The crew went through a detailed procedure, recording data on a form.
    Lawrence Specker | Lspecker@al.com, al, 29 June 2023
  • Use your favorite cleanser and pull your hair back to prevent any disturbances to the at-home procedure.
    India Espy-Jones, Essence, 16 Aug. 2023
  • The news of the success was met with cheers and applause from engineers following along with the procedure.
    Wes Davis, The Verge, 24 Sep. 2023
  • Face transplants are also rare: James is just the 19th person in the United States to undergo the procedure.
    Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 Nov. 2023
  • Tourists should have no problem crossing the border, which passes through the capital of Nicosia, but the procedure is strict.
    Lilly Graves, Travel + Leisure, 6 June 2023
  • The procedure was a success and soon the SeaWorld care team saw that the chick was eating more and progressively gaining weight.
    Lori Weisberg, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Oct. 2023
  • The Penn team plans to refine the procedure on an additional three brain-dead people.
    Emily Mullin, WIRED, 18 Jan. 2024
  • Last year, the same medical team performed the first such procedure on a 57-year-old patient named David Bennett.
    Megan Molteni, STAT, 22 Sep. 2023
  • In the procedure, which took about eight hours, Merchant removed the tumor along with Robinson’s spleen, two-thirds of her stomach and some of her intestines.
    By Crystal Chew, Miami Herald, 30 Jan. 2024
  • As the roughly six-hour procedure began, Sandy, Jesse and family members held hands in the waiting room, dropped their heads and prayed.
    Kyle Melnick, Washington Post, 12 July 2023
  • This is because facelift procedures can also pull back the beard hairs towards the incision points.
    Adam Hurly, Robb Report, 19 Mar. 2024
  • Plus, for those with sparse or thin brows, the cosmetic procedure can create the illusion of a thick and full eyebrow shape in a way those products can't.
    Calin Van Paris, Vogue, 13 Nov. 2023
  • The procedure allows doctors to remove kidney stones through an incision made in the pelvis of his kidney.
    Saleen Martin, USA TODAY, 16 June 2023
  • This exit procedure could delay the workers’ departure for five to 30 minutes or more, time for which the workers claimed they should have been paid.
    Dan Eaton, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Apr. 2024
  • The procedure starts with the media specialist providing a copy of the policy to someone who has made a complaint.
    Lynn Kutter, arkansasonline.com, 11 Nov. 2023
  • In that case, a health care provider may recommend a dilation and curettage (D&C) procedure.
    Chaunie Brusie, Rn, Parents, 23 Feb. 2024
  • Arizona had a conflicting law on the books from pre-statehood times that outlawed the procedure with few exceptions.
    Tara Kavaler, The Arizona Republic, 24 June 2023
  • Gutierrez Reed did not perform a safety check of the weapon after the break and did not follow safety procedures, according to the statement.
    Christina Maxouris, CNN, 22 Feb. 2024
  • Scalise ultimately switched his vote to no, allowing the GOP to take advantage of a House procedure to bring up the rule vote again later.
    Lauren Peller, ABC News, 6 June 2023
  • As far as procedures go, microneedling is an effective first step.
    Calin Van Paris, Vogue, 21 July 2023

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