in the process

idiom

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

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You could also be tested by stressful confrontations, urging you to stand up for yourself without losing yourself in the process. Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 27 Oct. 2025 Stay flexible if future upgrades are coming Many rural areas are in the process of adding fiber through federal broadband programs. Roxanne Downer, USA Today, 27 Oct. 2025 On Saturday, the Sixers faced the Charlotte Hornets, winning their home opener in the process, though Embiid was limited to only 20 minutes due to his knee injury. Nelson Espinal, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Oct. 2025 United, some of whose senior leadership team, including its chief executive, Scott Kirby, came from American, has done the opposite and is in the process of adding thousands of screens to narrow-body planes both new and old, including Bluetooth technology for wireless headphones. Leslie Josephs, CNBC, 26 Oct. 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 2 Nov. 2025.

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