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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Lynch’s son, Jake, was hired onto Shanahan’s staff as a defensive quality control coach after spending last season as a Washington graduate assistant. Cam Inman, The Mercury News, 25 Feb. 2025 Gruden was an offensive quality control assistant in Green Bay, where the coaches competed to get to the team’s offices the earliest. Andrew Greif, NBC News, 6 Feb. 2025 Matthews was not but did spend the offseason playing winter ball in Puerto Rico while receiving instruction from Houston quality control coach Jason Bell and hitting coach Alex Cintrón. Chandler Rome, The Athletic, 22 Jan. 2025 Taira Uematsu was promoted to major-league quality control coach as well. Justice Delos Santos, The Mercury News, 12 Feb. 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 4 Mar. 2025.

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