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as in favorable
tending to promote or assist the development of something
the claim that the state's long-standing antitax attitude is conducive to entrepreneurship
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as in helpful
providing service or assistance
the noisy environment of the dorms was not very conducive to studying
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Recent Examples of conducive
Forecasters said environmental conditions are only marginally conducive, and any development of this system should be slow to occur.
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Gabe Hauari, USA Today, 17 Sep. 2025
But otherwise the climate, through its perturbations, has maintained conditions conducive to animal life for nearly a half-billion years.
—Peter Brannen, Quanta Magazine, 15 Sep. 2025
However, feeling burned out just from trying to care about the world isn’t conducive to solving its problems.
—Padma Balaji, Mercury News, 11 Sep. 2025
Frost advisories remain in place across parts of Maine, Vermont, New Hampshire, and New York as temperatures in the low 30s could be conducive to frost formation overnight and into Tuesday morning.
—Anna Skinner, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Sep. 2025
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Gabe Hauari, USA Today, 17 Sep. 2025
But otherwise the climate, through its perturbations, has maintained conditions conducive to animal life for nearly a half-billion years.
—Peter Brannen, Quanta Magazine, 15 Sep. 2025
However, feeling burned out just from trying to care about the world isn’t conducive to solving its problems.
—Padma Balaji, Mercury News, 11 Sep. 2025
Frost advisories remain in place across parts of Maine, Vermont, New Hampshire, and New York as temperatures in the low 30s could be conducive to frost formation overnight and into Tuesday morning.
—Anna Skinner, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for conducive
Adjective
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Conditions are favorable for the development of weak, brief funnel clouds.—
CA Weather Bot,
Sacbee.com,
4 Oct. 2025
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Its surveys vary in their findings across time and can be either favorable or unfavorable to the government.—
Nina Khrushcheva,
Time,
3 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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The police weren’t helpful at all.—
Catherine Lacey,
New Yorker,
5 Oct. 2025
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The ability to set up AI chatbots that represent a company’s ethos and tone is a game-changer, providing timely, helpful responses to customer queries.—
Derya Matras,
Fortune,
4 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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If your microbiome is unbalanced between beneficial and harmful microbes, probiotics can help introduce healthy microbes back into your body.—
Isabel Vasquez RD LDN,
Health,
1 Oct. 2025
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Abuja published guidance on how the private sector should work with government agencies to tackle financial crimes, and Pretoria has strengthened legislation on the disclosure of beneficial ownership for companies and trusts.—
Alexis Akwagyiram,
semafor.com,
1 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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This list is designed to be useful and expansive for all, the new and old to permaculture, and those merely seeking perspective.—
Catherine Habgood
September 29,
Literary Hub,
29 Sep. 2025
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Xecrets offers all the important elements of the excellent AxCrypt Premium at a significantly lower price, and the current version adds useful features, including Shamir’s Secret Sharing for key recovery.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
29 Sep. 2025
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“Conducive.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/conducive. Accessed 6 Oct. 2025.
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