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• present participle of sequence.

sequencing

American  

[see-kwuhn-sing] / ˈsi kwən sɪŋ /

noun

1. the interruption of a career by a woman to bear and care for children until they reach an age that allows her to resume work.

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sequencing British  

/ ˈsiːkwənsɪŋ /

noun

1. the procedure of determining the order of amino acids in the polypeptide chain of a protein ( protein sequencing ) or of nucleotides in a DNA section comprising a gene ( gene sequencing )

2. Also called: priority sequencing.  commerce specifying the order in which jobs are to be processed, based on the allocation of priorities

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sequencing

Part of the difficulty has to do with gene sequencing, he explained.

From BBC ● Jul. 24, 2026

The team later reexamined the preserved samples using histopathology, molecular testing and DNA sequencing.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 21, 2026

The diagnostics division of the Swiss pharma group is launching Axelios 1, a new sequencing product that has a cost and speed advantage over Illumina’s rival product NovaSeq X Plus, the analysts say.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 30, 2026

Even with today's advanced DNA sequencing technologies, the underlying genetic causes of many rare movement disorders remain unknown.

From Science Daily ● Jun. 13, 2026

In a blink of pure fantasy, I suddenly saw myself walking away from Dell Duke's grimy car with a tiny glass vial of her blood sample for genome sequencing.

From "Counting by 7s" by Holly Goldberg Sloan