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quality assurance
noun
: a program for the systematic monitoring and evaluation of the various aspects of a project, service, or facility to ensure that standards of quality are being met
Examples of quality assurance in a Sentence
Recent Examples on the Web
Content oversight and quality assurance provided by Bay Area News Group.
Bay Area News Group advertising leadership oversees sponsored, native, and paid content on this platform, ensuring its quality, relevance, and helpfulness for our audience.
—Sponsored Content, The Mercury News, 21 May 2024
Thorne operates its own manufacturing facility and in-house testing labs, where supplements are made and inspected for quality assurance.
—Anne Cook Carroll, Verywell Health, 15 May 2024
That same month, another quality assurance test showed that the incinerator’s equipment wasn’t providing accurate readings for hydrogen chloride.
—Christine Condon, Baltimore Sun, 14 Mar. 2024
For quality assurance, Medterra offers a 30-day money-back guarantee.
—Dr. Diana Rangaves, Discover Magazine, 3 Apr. 2024
Monitoring And Analyzing Production Processes Technology companies can leverage AI in their quality assurance efforts by utilizing machine learning to monitor and analyze production processes.
—Expert Panel®, Forbes, 28 Mar. 2024
Potential Roles: Human resources management, finance management, customer service management, or quality assurance management.
—Ebony Flake, Essence, 24 Mar. 2024
The benefits from early access for smaller games like Astral Ascent can be even greater because quality assurance — the process in which technical bugs are identified and fixed — is a difficult and expensive part of game development.
—George Yang, New York Times, 9 Jan. 2024
Inside Google today, the privacy and legal review is the only step that a team cannot remove or mark as optional in the company’s main internal tracking system for project launches, commonly referred to as Ariane, the former employees say—unlike for security assessments or quality assurance.
—Paresh Dave, WIRED, 20 Dec. 2023
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Word History
First Known Use
1973, in the meaning defined above
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The first known use of quality assurance was
in 1973
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“Quality assurance.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/quality%20assurance. Accessed 28 May. 2024.
Medical Definition
quality assurance
noun
quality as·sur·ance
-ə-ˈshu̇r-ən(t)s
: a program for the systematic monitoring and evaluation of the various aspects of a project, service, or facility to ensure that standards of quality are being met
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