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as in procedure
a usually fixed or ordered series of actions or events leading to a result
the process by which the elastic fibers spun by silkworms is turned into soft, lustrous cloth
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as in progress
forward movement in time or place
in the process of doing this project we all learned a lot
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as in imitation
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as in to refine
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Recent Examples of process
Mark Dee, Idaho Statesman, 25 Feb. 2026
Board chairman Kevin Smith, at the beginning of the meeting, said the challenges presented represented just the start of the process.
—Deborah Laverty, Chicago Tribune, 25 Feb. 2026
Clara Hendrickson, Detroit Free Press, 4 Nov. 2020
State Democrats and Republicans both agree that local election workers should be allowed to pre-process ballots early.
—Kristine Phillips, USA TODAY, 22 Oct. 2020
Literary Hub, 19 Feb. 2026
How do people process horrific events?
—Shawna Seed, Dallas Morning News, 11 Feb. 2026
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Noun
On Tuesday, the City Council and independent Boise Public Library Board of Trustees met to work on the project, the latest meeting in an ongoing planning and budgeting process slated to stretch into the summer.
—Mark Dee, Idaho Statesman, 25 Feb. 2026
Board chairman Kevin Smith, at the beginning of the meeting, said the challenges presented represented just the start of the process.
—Deborah Laverty, Chicago Tribune, 25 Feb. 2026
Adjective
This may have positioned several large cities that chose to pre-process ballots to deliver election results earlier than expected.
—Clara Hendrickson, Detroit Free Press, 4 Nov. 2020
State Democrats and Republicans both agree that local election workers should be allowed to pre-process ballots early.
—Kristine Phillips, USA TODAY, 22 Oct. 2020
Verb
Our mammalian brains cannot process this onslaught of trauma here and everywhere; we are not wired to be in constant fight or flight.
—Literary Hub, 19 Feb. 2026
How do people process horrific events?
—Shawna Seed, Dallas Morning News, 11 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for process
Noun
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While countries such as Spain and clubs such as Barcelona train their young players for years using the same system, with the same positional requirements and following the same procedures, Germany jumps from trend to trend.—
Philipp Lahm,
New York Times,
28 Feb. 2026
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The preservation group alleges the president bypassed proper procedures in tearing down the East Wing and soliciting private donations to fund the massive changes.—
Brittney Melton,
NPR,
27 Feb. 2026
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The company highlights the robot’s flexible joints, real-time balance correction, and refined full-body coordination, underscoring progress in dynamic locomotion and resilience.—
Jijo Malayil,
Interesting Engineering,
23 Feb. 2026
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But the talks have made little tangible progress, and Iran partially closed the vital Strait of Hormuz for military drills.—
semafor.com,
semafor.com,
23 Feb. 2026
Noun
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He was not charged or issued any summonses.—
Josephine Stratman,
New York Daily News,
18 Feb. 2026
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The summonses for Musk and Yaccarino and the search at the X office were related to an investigation launched in January 2025 over complaints about how X's algorithm recommends content to users and gathers data, the prosecutor's office said.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
3 Feb. 2026
Verb
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Small fixes prevent messes as information-gathering Mercury turns retrograde in your 6th House of Wellness, nudging you to refine routines and rest your body and mind.—
Tarot.com,
Sun Sentinel,
26 Feb. 2026
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The idea to package and refine existing technologies in a way users will pay for is a smart one — Computer is the kind of product that the tech industry has been talking about for the last year but hasn’t yet been developed in a way that lives up to the hype.—
Rachyl Jones,
semafor.com,
25 Feb. 2026
Verb
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After the Cold War ended, storage basins attached to the K reactors were reused to hold about 2,300 tons of highly radioactive spent nuclear fuel underwater.—
Sujita Sinha,
Interesting Engineering,
24 Feb. 2026
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The study found that a ceramic coffee mug must be reused between 4 and 32 times before outperforming disposable cups on those measures, which represented faster paybacks than reusable coffee cups made from metal or plastic.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
23 Feb. 2026
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Distillation is a common method of training in the AI industry with frontier labs often distilling their own models to make cheaper versions for customers.—
John Liu,
CNN Money,
24 Feb. 2026
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The actual method is less important than being able to see and keep track of everything.—
Malana VanTyler,
Sacbee.com,
23 Feb. 2026
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The progression of it is very creative, showcasing Ana de Armas’s scrappy Eve problem-solving in real time.—
Sarah Shachat,
IndieWire,
28 Feb. 2026
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Note that the second and third exercises contain optional progressions to make the moves even more high-impact.—
Jenny McCoy,
Outside,
27 Feb. 2026
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Shipman emphasized law enforcement officers must present a judicial warrant or judicial subpoena to access non-public areas of the university, including residence halls, classrooms and buildings requiring Columbia University ID card access.—
Emma Tucker,
CNN Money,
27 Feb. 2026
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Columbia currently requires that all law enforcement agents have a judicial warrant or subpoena to access non-public areas of the university, including housing.—
JAKE OFFENHARTZ THE ASSOCIATED PRESS,
Arkansas Online,
27 Feb. 2026
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“Process.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/process. Accessed 1 Mar. 2026.
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