quality control

NOUN

control of product quality

Synonyms

WEAK

QA cross-check quality assurance review survey vetting

Example Sentences

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This allows for dose customization but isn’t subject to the same reviews for safety, efficacy or consistency, and may carry added risks related to quality control, potency variation or contamination.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 23, 2026

Under normal conditions, SEL1L acts as part of the cell's quality control system by identifying damaged or misfolded proteins and marking them for destruction.

From Science Daily • May 21, 2026

AI tools now run alongside traditional human audits to compare results and ensure quality control.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 10, 2026

It has said that quality control measures, which usually remove such responses, were not applied due to human error.

From BBC • Mar. 26, 2026

Moreover, if this trade-off is not acknowledged, there is a tendency to deny or cover up the inevitable defective items, which makes the job of quality control that much more difficult.

From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos