procedures

noun

plural of procedure
1
as in processes
a usually fixed or ordered series of actions or events leading to a result followed the procedure for replacing the broken part exactly as the owner's manual instructed

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2
as in policies
a way of acting or proceeding followed standard procedure for dealing with a consumer complaint

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Recent Examples of procedures Staff need procedures for accessing essential information, recording activity, receiving updates and reconciling records afterward. — Aliasgar Dohadwala, Forbes.com, 26 Oct. 2026 Policymakers have also moved to address associated risks, with a dozen states now requiring companion chatbot operators to disclose to users that their tools are not human, and to institute crisis referral procedures. — Ned Cooper, STAT, 26 Oct. 2026 Like athletes in other pro leagues, NFL players must first exhaust out-of-court arbitration and grievance procedures. — Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 26 Oct. 2026 Flagship missions, meanwhile, will continue following their current procedures, which were recently revised based on lessons learned from a study of best practices examining the development of JWST. — Josh Dinner, Space.com, 26 Oct. 2026 The study also detailed how physicians often change their referral and prescribing patterns after their practices are acquired by hospitals, sometimes requesting imaging or other procedures that are not needed. — Melody Petersen, Los Angeles Times, 25 Oct. 2026 As part of the agreement, the social media giant agreed to block some digital beauty filters for minors — specifically those mimicking extreme transformations like cosmetic procedures or heavy makeup. — Chloe Veltman, NPR, 25 Oct. 2026 The demonstration was part of a series of tests intended to validate the procedures, networks, and interfaces required to operate the Stingray from a carrier. — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 20 Oct. 2026 Partners are left to navigate this morass of funding sources, each with their own procedures, timelines, and conditions. — Claas Mertens, Foreign Affairs, 19 Oct. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for procedures
  1. processes
  2. policies
  3. methods
  4. strategies
  5. techniques
  6. methodologies
  7. programs
Noun
  • Zygielbaum says his election processes won't change either way.
    — Miles Parks, NPR, 22 Oct. 2026
  • In March 2025, a group of inmates filed a class-action lawsuit accusing the government of failing to follow the proper administrative processes before changing the prison policy.
    — Julian Mark, Washington Post, 21 Oct. 2026
Definition of processes
Noun
  • When Gray Swan launched the original red-team Arena in September 2024, Fredrikson said, most AI applications were chatbots, and the models were bad at following their policies.
    — Andrew Nusca, Fortune, 21 Oct. 2026
  • The district then changed its admissions policies, factoring in the poverty levels of the schools the students attended.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 21 Oct. 2026
Definition of policies
Noun
  • The automaker says similar methods have already helped its battery-pack assembly facilities process battery packs 30% faster.
    — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 23 Oct. 2026
  • The county party has been employing several outreach methods to contact low-propensity voters and remind them to go to the polls.
    — Rachel Royster, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 22 Oct. 2026
Definition of methods
Noun
  • Eighty-six percent of family-office principals and senior executives are including crypto in their investment strategies.
    — Angelica Ang, Fortune, 23 Oct. 2026
  • The contest offers a glimpse into a purple region at a time when both parties are testing strategies for winning voter loyalty — not just in the midterms but looking ahead to 2028.
    — Justine McDaniel, Los Angeles Times, 23 Oct. 2026
Definition of strategies
Noun
  • Animal health researchers are using related techniques to inoculate poultry against bird flu and cattle against foot-and-mouth disease.
    — Robert Kelly, Fortune, 22 Oct. 2026
  • British employees traveled to Rheinmetall’s German production site in Unterlüß to learn specialist manufacturing techniques.
    — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 22 Oct. 2026
Definition of techniques
Noun
  • Gross fed these 31 methodologies to an AI model along with some 17 million source documents that included news stories, research reports, expired patents, public company filings, and threads from online community discussion boards.
    — Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 20 Oct. 2026
  • Companies that wanted to cut costs in the 1990s and 2000s by outsourcing to China are now being replaced in one of the world's largest markets by businesses that copied their designs and methodologies.
    — Ian Miller OutKick, FOXNews.com, 15 Oct. 2026
Definition of methodologies
Noun
  • Debt, the deficit and high interest rates limit the government’s ability to increase spending and foreshadow disputes over how to fund campaign promises without jeopardizing social programs.
    — Alessandra Freitas, CNN Money, 26 Oct. 2026
  • The model will then be scaled to additional educator preparation programs and school districts across Georgia.
    — Eric Stirgus, AJC.com, 26 Oct. 2026
Definition of programs

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“Procedures.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/procedures. Accessed 27 Oct. 2026.

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