quality control

noun

: an aggregate of activities (such as design analysis and inspection for defects) designed to ensure adequate quality especially in manufactured products
quality controller noun

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Resistance is a natural response, mainly when AI influences production schedules, purchasing or quality control. Dmitriy Stepanov, Forbes.com, 8 July 2025 In Colorado, its regional air quality council in April announced plans to ask its air quality control commission to use ISR for areas with the worst air quality. Rambo Talabong, ArsTechnica, 8 July 2025 John Leguizamo and Anna Chlumsky in Smoke Apple TV+ Like so many disappointing Apple TV+ projects, from Nicole Kidman’s Roar to Billy Crystal’s Before, the series substitutes marquee names for quality control. Judy Berman, Time, 27 June 2025 In their letter, the members of Congress said there are already quality control and anti-fraud measures in place to detect SNAP overpayments that do not require the department collecting such data. Jude Joffe-Block, NPR, 18 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for quality control

Word History

First Known Use

1935, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of quality control was in 1935

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“Quality control.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/quality%20control. Accessed 11 Jul. 2025.

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