Processes Definition & Meaning

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Synonyms processes American [pros-es-iz, ‑uh-siz, ‑uh-seez, proh-ses-iz, proh-suh-seez] / ˈprɒs ɛs ɪz, ‑ə sɪz, ‑əˌsiz, ˈproʊ sɛs ɪz, ˈproʊ sə siz /

noun

1. the plural of process.

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Rio Tinto, which mines and processes iron ore, aluminum, copper, and minerals had a market cap of around $140 billion at the time.

From Barron's

Interpath, the restructuring advisor managing the chain's administration, said that Quiz concession stands, which operate in New Look and Matalan stores in the UK, are not part of the administration processes.

From BBC

Some of those players could include OpenAI-backer Microsoft, Oracle and SAP—all of which offer their own specialized AI agents designed to automate business processes.

From The Wall Street Journal

Reconstructing ancient magnetic fields and modeling the processes that generate them is extremely challenging.

From Science Daily

However, O'Sullivan said this was the fault of the shopping centre, which has since improved its processes.

From BBC

Related Words

• action
• case
• course
• development
• growth
• means
• measure
• mechanism
• movement
• operation
• practice
• procedure
• proceeding
• progress
• rule
• step
• system
• technique
• trial
• way

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