quality assurance
noun
: a program for the systematic monitoring and evaluation of the various aspects of a project, service, or facility to ensure that standards of quality are being met
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Issues like quality assurance, packaging, barcoding and retailer compliance mirror the growing pains many micro- and small-sized businesses face when entering major marketplaces.
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Essence, 6 Nov. 2025
Doshi’s Early Work in Cybersecurity With a degree in industrial and systems engineering from Virginia Tech, Harsh Doshi’s early career began as a quality assurance engineer for a company in San Francisco.
—Daniel Fusch, USA Today, 6 Nov. 2025
Issues like quality assurance, packaging, barcoding and retailer compliance mirror the growing pains many micro- and small-sized businesses face when entering major marketplaces.
—Andre Claudio, Sourcing Journal, 8 Oct. 2025
Surveys of developers have consistently found that waiting for quality assurance testing leads to significant bottlenecks in software development.
—Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 24 Sep. 2025
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quality assurance
noun
quality as·sur·ance
-ə-ˈshu̇r-ən(t)s 
: a program for the systematic monitoring and evaluation of the various aspects of a project, service, or facility to ensure that standards of quality are being met
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