quality assurance

American  

noun

1. a system for ensuring a desired level of quality in the development, production, or delivery of products and services: QA

   Quality assurance for nursing homes begins with a set of standards.

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Etymology

Origin of quality assurance

First recorded in 1970–75

Example Sentences

Each of his seven AI agents has its own identity and tasks, from writing code to reviewing it and conducting quality assurance.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 2026

The documents reviewed by Senate investigators included training materials, studies, manuals, quality assurance records and guidelines for diagnosing particular conditions.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 12, 2026

We reviewed thousands of pages of Army Corps of Engineering quality assurance reports for the January fire soil cleanup.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 29, 2025

“It’s a very clean and hands-off process,” Ilinka Stanciu, CC Diagnostics’ quality assurance manager, told Salon.

From Salon • Jun. 9, 2025

How is their customer support functioning, and what methods are they using in their quality assurance?

From The Online World by De Presno, Odd