process
Usage
What are other ways to say process?
A process is a series of progressive and interdependent steps by which an end is attained: a chemical process. Procedure usually implies a formal or set order of doing a thing, a method of conducting affairs: parliamentary procedure. Proceeding (usually plural) applies to what goes on or takes place on a given occasion or to the records of the occasion: proceedings of the Royal Academy of Sciences.
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Another possibility: If you can open a brokerage account in your mother’s name and deposit the certificate via a transmittal/deposit, some firms may process it without an MSG.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 27, 2026
Mike Searle, a professor of earth sciences at Oxford University, said that this whole process - from landslide to flood - could have taken hours or even days.
From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2026
The statement reiterated that, as Dodgers president Stan Kasten has said, “the team is not being sold and no sale process has been initiated.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2026
"Every weapon carried, every tunnel still worked on, and every convoy still obstructed sets the process back and hands an argument to those who want to resume war," he added.
From Barron's ● Aug. 26, 2026
It takes me some time to process what I just said.
From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer
The gland secretes vital hormones that help with processes like growth, metabolism and regulating blood pressure and temperature.
From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2026
Large-scale manufacturing has become essential to feeding the world’s population, and processes such as fermentation can transform inedible and poisonous plants into dietary staples.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 2026
First Eagle will operate on Victory Capital’s platform while retaining its brand, investment autonomy, and existing investment processes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 2026
The term conveniently represents a collection of people, buildings, departments, and processes.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 25, 2026
It combines learning how to handle die specific processes for the company whose calls they will be taking or making, and attending something called “accent neutralization class.”
From "The World Is Flat" by Thomas L. Friedman
A dedicated e-commerce facility has processed more than 33 million parcels since opening in May last year, with Royal Mail and Evri establishing on-site operations.
From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2026
Some have been turning away from processed foods, shifting to fresher fare on store perimeters.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 19, 2026
"The investigation is ongoing... We are still trying to identify the motive," police spokeswoman Shella Chang told AFP, adding the crime scene was now being processed.
From Barron's ● Aug. 18, 2026
Julia Bączek emphasizes that past experiences can be processed differently over time, rather than remaining fixed and unchangeable.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 18, 2026
On the land taken from the commons, landowners were able to employ laborers from the peasant class to raise large herds of sheep and to send the wool to factories to be processed.
From "An Indigenous People’s History of the United States" by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz
Blakespear’s legislation would narrow those exemptions and exclude certain processing and manufacturing uses.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2026
Nvidia’s graphics processing units, or GPUs, have been the go-to chips for training large language models.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 25, 2026
Many tonnes of meat in the processing stage had to be discarded.
From BBC ● Aug. 25, 2026
Each step is often assumed to correspond to a distinct brain function, moving from sensory processing to cognition and then to motor activity.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 25, 2026
Autumn’s eyes move a million miles an hour, processing this news.
From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer
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