Thesaurus results for METHODS

methods

noun

plural of method

as in approaches

the means or procedure for doing something the city council is stuck in the last century and needs to adopt more modern methods for doing things

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Recent Examples of methods Establish the right principles, deliver it with the right language and methods, and all tides will rise. —

Spencer Nusbaum, New York Times, 28 May 2026 Insurance technology Insurers have also adopted different methods of assessing risk that have combined to raise premiums, Bach said. —

Greg Iacurci, CNBC, 27 May 2026 Joshua Wigley, Hyperion CEO, stressed that conventional boat-building methods would have taken four to six weeks to finish the hull. —

Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 27 May 2026 Blood tests miss early cancers and should be limited to people who decline other methods, new guidelines say. —

Carolyn Y. Johnson, Washington Post, 27 May 2026 The cognitive work that remains distinctly human in an AI world — reflection, synthesis, planning, original thought — turns out to be the work that analog methods support best. —

Allison Palmer, Sacbee.com, 27 May 2026 Those are precisely the cognitive functions analog methods support best. —

Allison Palmer, Charlotte Observer, 27 May 2026 At the clinic, Doctors receive high-quality training that covers current topics in hair transplantation, including patient assessment, surgical planning, operating methods, and post-operative treatment, helping to improve their medical skills and decision-making abilities. —

Wyles Daniel, USA Today, 20 May 2026 Andrew Whelton, a professor of civil, environmental and ecological engineering at Purdue University in Indiana, said that the EPA analysis was not definitive and that the agency used methods that are designed to assess average risk, but don’t pinpoint particularly hazardous areas. —

Evan Bush, NBC news, 20 May 2026

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Traditional approaches were sequential - owner selects the architect and design firm, the design is completed, bids are invited from contractors, after which construction begins.

— Sabbir Rangwala, Forbes.com, 1 June 2026
Now analysts are adjusting their forecasts based on the memory-heavy requirements of the agentic phase of artificial intelligence, and the approaches being taken by hardware makers dealing with component supply bottlenecks.

— Tobias Burns, CNBC, 1 June 2026