in the process

phrase

: while doing something
He scored the goal but was injured in the process.

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Late last week, the urgent selling in semiconductors and data-center equities and debt resembled the sort of forced-unwind rhythms from July, when a big upstart tech hedge fund was in the process of being all but liquidated. — Michael Santoli, CNBC, 20 Oct. 2026 And when stocks went on a skid last week, investors were unafraid to turn to their traditional place of refuge, sending Treasury yields sharply lower in the process. — David Goldman, CNN Money, 20 Oct. 2026 According to the blog post, the foundation is in the process of replacing the acrylic roof with a more resilient material that more closely resembles Wright’s canvas. — Katherine McLaughlin, Architectural Digest, 20 Oct. 2026 McMullen, who was Kroger’s Chairman and CEO through most of the approval fight, and his CFO Gary Millerchip left the company at crucial moments in the process. — Shubha Ghosh, Fortune, 20 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for in the process

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“In the process.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/in%20the%20process. Accessed 23 Oct. 2026.

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