PROCESSED Synonyms: 58 Similar and Opposite Words

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adjective

Definition of processed

as in treated

changed by humans or machines (as in manufacture) from its natural or original form She's been avoiding processed foods.

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verb

past tense of process

as in refined

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Adjective

Nearly half of Americans don’t realize processed meat is linked to a higher risk of colorectal cancer. — Sarah Garone, Health, 2 Apr. 2026 For now, there's no avoiding the fact that the majority of the foods sold in grocery stores are ultra-processed, says Wolfson of Johns Hopkins. — Maria Godoy, NPR, 10 Nov. 2025

Verb

These ballots will be processed and counted after the county elections office has completed the voter registration process. — Paris Barraza, USA Today, 4 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for processed

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Adjective

Plus, people hosting small gatherings and those who don’t want to tackle a whole turkey can select smaller turkey breasts, or even fully prepared birds that just need to be warmed up.

— Anne Ewbank, Sacbee.com, 6 Nov. 2026
In a December 2023 interview, Brand, now 51, sat alongside his attorney and delivered a lengthy prepared statement to detectives, maintaining that his encounters were consensual.

— Stephanie Giang-Paunon, FOXNews.com, 6 Nov. 2026

Definition of prepared

Verb

The Iran war has raised oil prices, pushing up prices for fuels like gasoline, diesel and jet fuel, which are refined from crude oil, economists said.

— Greg Iacurci, CNBC, 10 Nov. 2026
Across 128 sessions, Claude gradually developed and refined a wiki using information from those documents.

— Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 6 Nov. 2026

Definition of refined

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Leather offcuts are reused to create small accessories and product tags, while scarf production has been developed around a fabric width that allows two scarves to be made without leftover material.

— Rhonda Richford, Footwear News, 4 Nov. 2026
Unlike Apollo-era spacesuits sized to each astronaut, the EMU was designed to be reused, so its components can be swapped out to fit astronauts of different sizes.

— Robert Pearlman, ArsTechnica, 2 Nov. 2026

Definition of reused

Adjective

This expansive set of 50 items comes with artificial pumpkins, artificial leaves, artificial acorns, artificial pine cones and a mesh bag for storage.

— BestReviews, Chicago Tribune, 10 Nov. 2026
The 990-foot ship, which was docked in Philadelphia for decades, is set to become the world's largest artificial reef on Wednesday instead of Thursday, Okaloosa County, Florida, officials announced Monday night.

— CBS Philadelphia, CBS News, 10 Nov. 2026

Definition of artificial

Verb

From there, promising athletes were filtered into regional training centers, which further funnelled the very best to INSEP.

— Albert Samaha, New Yorker, 7 Nov. 2026
If a woman’s symptoms are filtered through assumptions about her weight or mental health, and the true story of her pain is omitted, AI may learn and reproduce how the woman is framed in the record.

— Jennifer Silva, STAT, 6 Nov. 2026

Definition of filtered

Verb

The core lineup includes a cheaper version of that whiskey without the cask finish, as well as the cask-strength Reserve and an American single malt—all of which are distilled and produced at Cedar Ridge Distillery in Iowa.

— Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 8 Nov. 2026
Where climate action has largely been distilled into decarbonization, nature is sprawling and complex — even more so than fashion supply chains.

— Bella Webb, Vogue, 29 Oct. 2026

Definition of distilled

Verb

Multiple photos of the same complex’s ruins following the earthquakes show that at least some of those defective stirrups were never rectified, experts said.

— Avery Schmitz, CNN Money, 8 Nov. 2026
As such, burdensome trade practices perpetuated by governments both at home and abroad must be recognized and rectified to ensure the health of the sector, according to the American Apparel and Footwear Association (AAFA).

— Kate Nishimura, Footwear News, 6 Nov. 2026

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