in the process

idiom

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

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A number of British health leaders signed an open letter last week calling for the bill’s passage, and decrying delays in the process so far. Jessie Yeung, CNN Money, 3 Nov. 2025 Women were encouraged to take action against men who had allegedly harmed them — often upending their lives in the process — only to find that the financial and emotional relief in coming forward might be ephemeral at best, nonexistent at worst. Victoria Bekiempis, Rolling Stone, 3 Nov. 2025 Fleeing crowded Eastern cities, Americans sought to better their lives and, in the process, transformed the young nation. Trevor Hughes, USA Today, 3 Nov. 2025 Other states on the radar A few other states are in the process of redrawing maps. Oren Oppenheim, ABC News, 3 Nov. 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 4 Nov. 2025.

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