basic process
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of basic process
First recorded in 1900–05
Example Sentences
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"What is really exciting to me is that our research can help us understand this really basic process that is necessary for life," said Billmyre.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 20, 2023
Andrews ruled on Tuesday that the relevant parts of the remaining patent relate to the basic process of voting, covering the abstract idea of "giving voters a choice of returning or depositing their ballot."
From Reuters ● Apr. 25, 2023
There’s a bridge in Mumbai, called the Flyway, that goes from a gritty area to the gleaming city center, and it was the same basic process of her building herself back up.
From New York Times ● Oct. 20, 2022
While the material is novel, the basic process is not.
From Salon ● Apr. 19, 2022
Symbiosis, parasitism and all the rest are just ways of describing variations of the same basic process of living together.
From Planet of the Damned by Harry Harrison
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