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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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Recent Examples of conducive The design of each space, well-thought-out and rooted in nature, is also conducive to deep rest and recuperation. Angelina Villa-Clarke, Forbes.com, 19 Sep. 2025 Forecasters said environmental conditions are only marginally conducive, and any development of this system should be slow to occur. 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 See All Example Sentences for conducive
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  • Begin mapping out the end of the season, identifying favorable matchups to exploit.
    Andy Behrens, New York Times, 17 Oct. 2025
  • The orders come at a literal higher cost, but until POKS can establish partnerships with more favorable retailers, Amazon is its best and only option.
    Mara Weinraub, Bon Appetit Magazine, 17 Oct. 2025
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  • Lessons from history are helpful here.
    Rob Thomas, Fortune, 19 Oct. 2025
  • This may be helpful for people who are not healthy enough for major surgery.
    Carrie Madormo, Health, 18 Oct. 2025
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  • While the two companies have not had a commercial relationship in recent years, both Netflix and AMC are intrigued by the mutually beneficial opportunities that could arise from this and future collaborations.
    Anthony D'Alessandro, Deadline, 15 Oct. 2025
  • Hiking With Dogs Walking your dogs and taking them on hikes has been proven to be beneficial for both owners and canines by improving mental and physical health.
    Liz O'Connell, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 Oct. 2025
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  • Yet much of Mason’s advice is simply about being useful, by delivering facts and opinions in a clear, elegant way.
    Katy Waldman, New Yorker, 20 Oct. 2025
  • That being said, while measuring GDP is a useful barometer for the health of each economy, the might of America’s economy is evident.
    Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 20 Oct. 2025

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“Conducive.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/conducive. Accessed 23 Oct. 2025.

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