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 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. Rowan Briggs, The Mercury News, 28 Feb. 2025 Content oversight and quality assurance provided by Studio 1847 For decades, science has led the way in unraveling medical mysteries, from restoring sight to the blind to developing life-saving treatments for chronic diseases. Ascend Agency, New York Daily News, 25 Feb. 2025 Ames applied for a promotion to bureau chief of quality assurance and improvement in 2019, but didn't get the job. Melissa Quinn, CBS News, 25 Feb. 2025 The oxygen needs to be administered by people who are highly trained in using the equipment, said Tom Workman, the former director of quality assurance and regulatory affairs at the Undersea & Hyperbaric Medical Society, a nonprofit organization that accredits facilities with hyperbaric chambers. Elizabeth Chuck, NBC News, 15 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 14 Mar. 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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