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

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Content oversight and quality assurance provided by Studio 1847 Abby Brody is no stranger to transformation. Ascend Agency, New York Daily News, 8 Apr. 2025 Finally, develop a holistic feedback and quality assurance ecosystem. Deepinder Singh Sethi, Forbes.com, 8 Apr. 2025 More than 94 percent of quality assurance (QA) testers represented by Communications Workers of America Locals supported a strike in a vote that took place on March 18. Katie Kilkenny, HollywoodReporter, 1 Apr. 2025 What To Know The wraps were discovered to contain the unlabeled allergen after a routine quality assurance inspection by LPK1, which then alerted FSIS to the labeling issue. Matt Robison, Newsweek, 25 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for quality assurance

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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 20 Apr. 2025.

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quality assurance

noun
quality as·​sur·​ance -ə-ˈshu̇r-ən(t)s How to pronounce quality assurance (audio)
: 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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