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
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That’s why our pouches are independently lab-tested for contaminants like heavy metals and are manufactured in the United States under strict quality controls.
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Max Cunningham, Fortune, 14 Dec. 2025
Marcus Johnson was a second-round pick in the 2005 NFL Draft by the Minnesota Vikings and overlapped with Silverfield — then an offensive quality control coach — in 2008.
—Matt Byrne, Arkansas Online, 8 Dec. 2025
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
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Max Cunningham, Fortune, 14 Dec. 2025
Marcus Johnson was a second-round pick in the 2005 NFL Draft by the Minnesota Vikings and overlapped with Silverfield — then an offensive quality control coach — in 2008.
—Matt Byrne, Arkansas Online, 8 Dec. 2025
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
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“Quality control.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/quality%20control. Accessed 20 Dec. 2025.
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