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procedure

[pruh-see-jer] / prəˈsi dʒər /


Usage

What are other ways to say procedure? The noun procedure usually implies a formal or set order of doing a thing, a method of conducting affairs: parliamentary procedure. A process is a series of progressive and interdependent steps by which an end is attained: a chemical process. 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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Patton announced her son’s death hours after she previously said Wednesday that Monroe was undergoing a procedure and his condition was “not looking good.”

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 27, 2026

That procedure, they argued, would result in “Christa involuntarily reliving the worst moments of her life, much like traumatized soldiers when they return from a war zone.”

From Slate Aug. 25, 2026

But the company refused, so a procedure is underway to determine whether they will be forced to pull the drug.

From Barron's Aug. 19, 2026

The procedure was carried out last week at a hospital in Trincomalee, in the east of the country.

From BBC Aug. 18, 2026

It sounds simple, but the whole procedure took double the time expected, clocking in at more than twelve hours.

From "Ugly" by Robert Hoge

While return procedures are accelerated, the government will continue to provide humanitarian assistance to those who seek asylum or are unaccompanied minors and therefore cannot be returned, he added.

From Barron's Aug. 25, 2026

Families often end up back in the position where they need an elder-law attorney who knows their way around Medicaid recovery procedures, because they can be the squeakiest wheels.

From MarketWatch Aug. 25, 2026

Supreme Court procedures and rulings can be technical and hard to understand, but this case is a doozy.

From Slate Aug. 24, 2026

The dispute began over handwritten notes made as part of an experimental program to increase voter confidence in the county’s election procedures.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 24, 2026

When complaints came in about the foul smells wafting from the potter’s field—smells that many feared were spreading the disease—Israel went with James Sharswood to personally inspect burial procedures.

From "An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793" by Jim Murphy




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