processing

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The use of hotels to accommodate asylum seekers increased dramatically in 2020, driven by a backlog in processing asylum claims and a lack of long-term housing.

From BBC • Apr. 14, 2026

Robust demand for Intel’s server central processing units, or CPUs, should offset any PC downside, however.

From Barron's • Apr. 14, 2026

Nuclear fuel-making entails processing liquids, gases and powders, molecules of weapons-usable uranium and plutonium that are nearly impossible to track.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 14, 2026

IRS computers could delay processing the return if the agency has received tax-reporting forms that aren’t reported on the taxpayer’s return.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 14, 2026

She grew up listening to the work songs of the black women shucking oysters at the J. S. Darling processing plant that wafted up to the pedestrians on the Queen Street Bridge above.

From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly