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secondary process

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noun

Psychoanalysis.
  1. the conscious mental activity and logical thinking controlled by the ego and influenced by environmental demands.


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“She will not accept a recovery process that restores the status quo. She is committed to ensuring this community is safer moving forward than it was before the fire began.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 2, 2026

This system would automatically shut down components to protect the probe, requiring a complex recovery process that carries additional risks.

From Science Daily • May 4, 2026

Rare earths are particularly important as a low-cost catalyst in the hydrogen supply chain, for instance, in the recovery process when the gas is transported long-haul as ammonia.

From Barron's • Apr. 22, 2026

“It takes a recovery process to be able to enter a chapter that’s defined differently.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 14, 2026

My mother rubs her temples, and while the doctor outlines what he expects to be a quick recovery process, Dean Anderson enters—along with one of the police officers that I saw talking to Phil.

From "Love, Hate & Other Filters" by Samira Ahmed

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