quality control

noun

: an aggregate of activities (such as design analysis and inspection for defects) designed to ensure adequate quality especially in manufactured products

quality controller noun

Examples of quality control in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

And in some cases, promising ideas are let down by weak design or quality control. —Maria Bolevich, Interesting Engineering, 7 Dec. 2025

In blood and saliva, mutations increase with age, but in oocytes, harmful mutations with high frequencies were rarer and more evenly distributed elsewhere, suggesting a form of natural quality control. —Melissa Fleur Afshar, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Dec. 2025

Companies have deployed them in quality control on beverage-carton production lines, in laser welding robots, and in Internet of Things devices. —Christoph Posch, IEEE Spectrum, 26 Nov. 2025

People provide essential oversight, quality control, and the indispensable human presence that customers, students, and patients often prefer. —Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 25 Nov. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1935, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for quality control

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