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a usually fixed or ordered series of actions or events leading to a result
followed the procedure for replacing the broken part exactly as the owner's manual instructed
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Recent Examples of procedure
As acetone is recyclable and uncontaminated, the procedure permits full solvent recovery, promoting low-waste, environmentally friendly production.
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Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 25 Oct. 2025
An audit of the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority last November revealed that lax accounting procedures resulted in the failure to reclaim millions of dollars in cash advances to contractors.
—Jon Coupal, Oc Register, 25 Oct. 2025
The City Council also asked for more training and improved policy and procedures on handling similar situations and Councilmember Hon Lien walked back the censure process that began earlier this week.
—Luis Melecio-Zambrano, Mercury News, 25 Oct. 2025
Hackers are now taking advantage of LastPass’s after-death account handover procedures to dupe people into providing their login details.
—PC Magazine, 25 Oct. 2025
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Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 25 Oct. 2025
An audit of the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority last November revealed that lax accounting procedures resulted in the failure to reclaim millions of dollars in cash advances to contractors.
—Jon Coupal, Oc Register, 25 Oct. 2025
The City Council also asked for more training and improved policy and procedures on handling similar situations and Councilmember Hon Lien walked back the censure process that began earlier this week.
—Luis Melecio-Zambrano, Mercury News, 25 Oct. 2025
Hackers are now taking advantage of LastPass’s after-death account handover procedures to dupe people into providing their login details.
—PC Magazine, 25 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for procedure
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But the thought processes are cool, the way guys maneuver the game is cool.—
Tyler Kepner,
New York Times,
25 Oct. 2025
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The book also delves into his creative process as well as Dando’s Forrest Gump-like relationships with assorted celebrities (Johnny Depp, Kate Moss, Milla Jovovich, Elizabeth Moses and others) and a non-relationship with Courtney Love, despite, Dando writes, her attempts otherwise.—
Gary Graff,
Billboard,
24 Oct. 2025
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Combined with an intense summer heat wave, the surge caught many residents off guard, said Alex Ambrose, a transportation and climate policy analyst at New Jersey Policy Perspective.—
Sharon Goldman,
Fortune,
22 Oct. 2025
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Every decision, every policy, every classroom moment must radiate honesty, courage and moral clarity.—
MSNBC Newsweek,
MSNBC Newsweek,
22 Oct. 2025
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The clash occurs more so on the stylistic side and acclimatising to Villa’s methods.—
Jacob Tanswell,
New York Times,
23 Oct. 2025
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Molski has his own method to the madness.—
Kaycee Sloan,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
23 Oct. 2025
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Domestic viewership may have been impacted by a change in methodology.—
The Athletic MLB Staff,
New York Times,
23 Oct. 2025
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Both the cellphone radiation and fluoride studies have been roundly criticized for flaws in their methodology and analysis, and the scientific community has largely dismissed them.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
23 Oct. 2025
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In 2021, The Courier Journal revived its Top Workplaces program, which celebrates employers going above and beyond to support their employees.—
Kathryn Gregory,
Louisville Courier Journal,
23 Oct. 2025
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The program also covers other critical roles, including teachers and doctors.—
MSNBC Newsweek,
MSNBC Newsweek,
22 Oct. 2025
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The approach mirrors Xbox’s Play Anywhere strategy and recent messaging that strict exclusivity is outdated.—
Alex Harrington,
MSNBC Newsweek,
28 Oct. 2025
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While the Hong Kong listing should enhance the company’s liquidity and visibility, Zephirin added that a valuation re-rating is unlikely without meaningful gains in capital efficiency or strategy execution.—
Lee Ying Shan,
CNBC,
28 Oct. 2025
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This approach drastically reduces energy consumption and allows the screen to be placed very close to the eye.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
24 Oct. 2025
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Republican lawmakers have since called on Underly to overhaul the DPI's approach to investigating teacher licensing to be more transparent.—
Molly Beck,
jsonline.com,
24 Oct. 2025
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But of course, novelists conjure and dream up the rest—Larette is someone who came to me way back in 2017, a woman who sang to her husband and whose life revolves around music, so that first few lines came easily.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
28 Oct. 2025
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Should the Argentine currency in Monday’s trading session climb at a similar magnitude to that seen in cryptocurrency markets in the wake of the election, the US could be on course for hundreds of millions of dollars in gains.—
Daniel Flatley,
Fortune,
27 Oct. 2025
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“Procedure.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/procedure. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.
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