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process

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adjective

process

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verb

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of process
Noun
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
Adjective
Customers will receive an email update after their parcel is processed, detailing how their items were routed, ensuring transparency throughout the process. Lisa Lockwood, Footwear News, 23 Oct. 2025 Even so, the idea that a model could process information more efficiently by seeing text could be a major shift in how AI systems handle knowledge. Beatrice Nolan, Fortune, 23 Oct. 2025
Verb
Our business model is really an order-to-cash process. Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson, semafor.com, 24 Oct. 2025 After an intense healing process, Renner officially returned to work on Mayor of Kingstown season 3 the following year. Emlyn Travis, Entertainment Weekly, 24 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for process
Recent Examples of Synonyms for process
Noun
  • Additionally, County Executive David Crowley's office has collaborated with the county's human resources division to create internal procedures for employees.
    Vanessa Swales, jsonline.com, 27 Oct. 2025
  • Breast reduction — one of the most common cosmetic procedures for men — removes glandular tissue and contours the chest for a more masculine shape.
    Dr. Jamin Brahmbhatt, CNN Money, 26 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • But the United States and China made apparent progress over the weekend after the latest round of trade talks in Malaysia.
    Jhasua Razo, CNN Money, 29 Oct. 2025
  • With stunning celerity, possibility becomes probability and then certainty, as readers reject the quiet, circuitous, and unglamorous narratives of prudential compromise, ambiguous diplomacy, or incremental progress.
    Elizabeth D. Samet, Foreign Affairs, 29 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Each of the drivers received citations and criminal summonses, including for unregistered and uninsured motor vehicles.
    Flint McColgan, Boston Herald, 17 Oct. 2025
  • Court summonses are always delivered by mail, not over the phone.
    Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 1 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Certain microbes consume the acetic acid and produce methane, which is refined into renewable natural gas (RNG).
    Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 24 Oct. 2025
  • Each ratio gets tested and refined until the scent feels right.
    Kimberly Wilson, Essence, 24 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • According to the city’s 2024 Water Conservation Plan, Fort Worth supplies reuse water to Dallas/Fort Worth Airport, Arlington and Euless for nonpotable use, like irrigation.
    Matthew Adams, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 21 Oct. 2025
  • The loan fund is repaid, replenished, and then reused for the next project.
    Andrea Riquier, USA Today, 20 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The clash occurs more so on the stylistic side and acclimatising to Villa’s methods.
    Jacob Tanswell, New York Times, 23 Oct. 2025
  • Molski has his own method to the madness.
    Kaycee Sloan, Cincinnati Enquirer, 23 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Since lipid metabolism is involved, diet and cholesterol control might partly influence disease progression in APOE4 carriers, though this remains under investigation.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 26 Oct. 2025
  • And, as if that progression wasn't impressive enough, he's now started a game in the ALDS, two in the ALCS, and Game 1 of the World Series.
    Joe Kozlowski, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The arrests stem from a warrant and criminal complaint filed by the Phelps County Attorney’s Office following a police investigation.
    Greg Wehner, FOXNews.com, 27 Oct. 2025
  • At the time of his arrest, Scott had an open warrant for skipping court in a 2022 burglary case, in which he was accused of breaking into his mother’s apartment building with two other men and stealing items including a ladder.
    Kelli Arseneau, jsonline.com, 27 Oct. 2025

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“Process.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/process. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.

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