quality assurance
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of quality assurance
First recorded in 1970–75
Example Sentences
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“Had we known more, we could have done more with this,” Shannon Deckard, director of quality assurance and chief inspector at UPS Airlines said in the hearing.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 19, 2026
Because AI still makes a lot of coding errors, they can serve as quality assurance.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 13, 2026
A spokesperson for Pearson said it had carried out "detailed quality assurance checks" and found "no wider issues with the marking of students' exams".
From BBC • Mar. 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
This sub-committee will establish post implementation quality assurance procedures to ensure that the E911 system continues to provide quality service to the customer.
From The Hacker Crackdown, law and disorder on the electronic frontier by Sterling, Bruce
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