1
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 caution that atmospheric conditions late in the week will be especially conducive to widespread and damaging storms, threatening power infrastructure and densely populated urban areas.
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Joe Edwards, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 May 2025
The good news is that the landscape at the federal level is conducive to the type of restoration that policing requires.
—Paula Fitzsimmons, Boston Herald, 13 May 2025
But his style of play did not seem wildly conducive to winning basketball.
—Sam Vecenie, New York Times, 12 May 2025
The soothing color palette of dusty rose, taupe and cream is conducive to relaxation.
—Irene S. Levine, Forbes.com, 12 May 2025
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Joe Edwards, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 May 2025
The good news is that the landscape at the federal level is conducive to the type of restoration that policing requires.
—Paula Fitzsimmons, Boston Herald, 13 May 2025
But his style of play did not seem wildly conducive to winning basketball.
—Sam Vecenie, New York Times, 12 May 2025
The soothing color palette of dusty rose, taupe and cream is conducive to relaxation.
—Irene S. Levine, Forbes.com, 12 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for conducive
Adjective
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Bubic relied on his fastball more to get in favorable counts before mixing the rest of his pitching arsenal.—
Jaylon Thompson,
Kansas City Star,
3 June 2025
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Prior to the tariff announcements, the economic backdrop was relatively favorable—inflation had been gradually easing toward the Fed’s 2% target, and unemployment was low.—
Magdy Hassan Fayed,
Forbes.com,
2 June 2025
Adjective
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The following are generally considered some of the least helpful foods for Crohn's disease.—
Chelsea Rae Bourgeois,
Health,
30 May 2025
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This feature can be extremely helpful in extending insights use cases and getting stakeholders to embrace research as part of their business.—
Erin Tavgac,
Forbes.com,
30 May 2025
Adjective
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Working directly with an outside expert may be beneficial.—
Simon Dae Oong Kim,
Forbes.com,
6 June 2025
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Tummy time can be beneficial for just about anyone, Snibbe says.—
Tom Gavin,
EverydayHealth.com,
5 June 2025
Adjective
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Share helpful, relevant content that is useful to your customers.—
Ryan Ferrier,
Forbes.com,
6 June 2025
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The Kagi founder suggested that licensing Google Search could allow entities of all sizes to have genuinely useful custom search tools.—
Ryan Whitwam,
ArsTechnica,
6 June 2025
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“Conducive.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/conducive. Accessed 12 Jun. 2025.
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