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process

[pros-es, proh-ses] / ˈprɒs ɛs, ˈproʊ sɛs /




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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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Then last March, the UC-wide Academic Senate launched a process to further study the admissions process, including high school course requirements.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 11, 2026

London Stadium have written to the Club, the FA and the relevant local authority to seek further information about the process and why they were not made aware.

From BBC • Jun. 11, 2026

For one thing, they automate the sign-up process somewhat, or at least it put it into state hands to complete.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 11, 2026

States will be responsible for the sign-up process, but it’s unclear what happens after that.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026

Phineas is the foreman of a track construction gang that is in the process of blasting a railroad right-of-way through granite bedrock near the small town of Cavendish, Vermont.

From "Phineas Gage" by John Fleischman




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