in the process

idiom

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

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Pfizer is in the process of rebuilding in the aftermath of the pandemic, as demand wanes for its vaccine and pill for Covid and some of the company’s key drugs near the end of their patent life. Bloomberg, Oc Register, 22 Sep. 2025 Samm Sacks, a senior fellow at New America who specializes in Chinese technology policy, points out that before the ban, TikTok was already in the process of strengthening data privacy through Project Texas. Andrew R. Chow, Time, 22 Sep. 2025 The hurricane will push northeast and back out to the central Atlantic in the coming days and will weaken in the process. Kyle Reiman, ABC News, 22 Sep. 2025 The society also recently hired new archivist Matt Kitchens, who is in the process of updating the digital archives with new software. Karen Billing, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Sep. 2025 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 29 Sep. 2025.

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