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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
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In our example, this would involve line items like our sourcing agent failing to check certifications or the quality assurance team making an error during product testing.
—Eran Mizrahi, Forbes, 23 Sep. 2024
In response, the company plans to introduce a new safety council and will hire a chief food safety and quality assurance officer (CFSO), who report directly to the company president.
—Francisco Velasquez, Quartz, 13 Sep. 2024
The company is creating and recruiting for a new executive position (chief food safety and quality assurance officer) that reports to Boar’s Head’s president Carlos Giraldo.
—Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA TODAY, 13 Sep. 2024
These agents could autonomously design system architecture, write and debug code, and even oversee quality assurance processes.
—Bernard Marr, Forbes, 6 Sep. 2024
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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
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“Quality assurance.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/quality%20assurance. Accessed 2 Oct. 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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