processing

verb

present participle of process
1
as in refining

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2
as in reprocessing

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for processing
  1. refining
  2. filtering
  3. rectifying
  4. cleaning
  5. clarifying
  6. distilling
  7. purifying
  8. extracting
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  • After refining their word-swapping dictionary over three months, the ShieldFont creators ended up with a list of nearly 12,000 common words that can be replaced with ligatures.
    — Kyle Orland, ArsTechnica, 12 Aug. 2026
  • Bad prompts stay bad prompts because asking for help refining them exposes the dependency.
    — Nohar Zmora, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2026
Definition of refining
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  • According to You, the new approach could save significant computing resources by filtering out less promising materials before expensive simulations or even lab experiments start.
    — Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 10 Aug. 2026
  • The liver just might be one of your hardest-working organs, producing proteins and filtering the blood, metabolizing nutrients and creating necessary bile for digestion.
    — Alexandra Frost, USA Today, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of filtering
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  • Clementine, the oldest daughter, takes control to help break out the other children, and Mary, in telling her story publicly, has agency in rectifying the familial curse.
    — Rachel Syme, New Yorker, 9 Aug. 2026
  • Instead, the council majority voted to ban the use of firearms in the city, rectifying an apparent oversight in 2011 that removed the prohibition on shooting firearms from a list of weapons that were banned.
    — Doug Ross, Chicago Tribune, 5 Aug. 2026
Definition of rectifying
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  • Wu said there are cleaning protocols hospitals and long-term care facilities can use to minimize potential spread of the fungus.
    — Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 10 Aug. 2026
  • When removing ink from leather backpacks, be sure to use a leather conditioner after cleaning.
    — Mary Marlowe Leverette, The Spruce, 9 Aug. 2026
Definition of cleaning
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  • Organizations achieving meaningful value are redesigning workflows, establishing governance frameworks, investing in workforce readiness and clarifying accountability alongside technology deployment.
    — Jayasri Ranganathan, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2026
  • As a policy tool, that commitment provides clarifying focus and a way to determine when to stop an operation.
    — KORI SCHAKE, Foreign Affairs, 6 Aug. 2026
Definition of clarifying
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  • Chinese tech giant ByteDance’s founder reportedly forbade AI researchers from distilling rival models, as scrutiny of the practice causes friction between Washington and Beijing.
    — Brendan Ruberry, semafor.com, 6 Aug. 2026
  • Sometimes, though, distilling the best from a simple ingredient can be a long labor of love.
    — Simon Willis, Travel + Leisure, 4 Aug. 2026
Definition of distilling
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  • Potential applications include purifying pyrolysis oil produced from waste plastics, recovering industrial solvents used in battery manufacturing, pharmaceutical purification, and biofuel production.
    — Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 29 June 2026
  • The Dyson Purifier Cool Gen1 TP10 is another HEPA purifying tower fan featuring 350-degree oscillation, 10 fan modes, and Air Multiplier Technology.
    — Cierra Cowan, PC Magazine, 23 June 2026
Definition of purifying
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  • Asteroid mining is also mentioned as a potential opportunity, which would entail extracting metals and other critical resources from near-Earth and main-belt asteroids.
    — Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 3 Aug. 2026
  • Rather than burning coal for energy or converting it into fuels, the process focuses on extracting carbon-rich molecular structures that can serve as feedstock for advanced engineering materials.
    — Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 2 Aug. 2026
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