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as in supervising
to look after and make decisions about
the company's president continues to conduct the everyday affairs of the software firm he founded many years ago
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as in directing
to cause to move to a central point or along a restricted pathway
the gutter conducts water to the curb, thus protecting the house's basement
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as in carrying
to manage the actions of (oneself) in a particular way
conducted themselves at the party like perfect ladies and gentlemen
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as in guiding
to point out the way for (someone) especially from a position in front
a job conducting tourists through the historical museum
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as in transmitting
to cause (something) to pass from one to another
a material that conducts heat quite efficiently
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Recent Examples of conducting
While conducting surveillance, McCurnin spotted a man riding an electric scooter who matched the suspect’s description.
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Velvet Wu
july 1,
Sacbee.com,
2 July 2026
Central Command shared images of sailors conducting nighttime operations, flight operations and maintaining an MH-60S Sea Hawk helicopter aboard the vessel.
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N'dea Yancey-Bragg,
USA Today,
1 July 2026
Anthropic claimed the designation was retaliation after the company’s refusal to grant government access to models for the purposes of building autonomous weapons or conducting domestic mass surveillance.
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Ashley Belanger,
ArsTechnica,
1 July 2026
In conducting this study, our goal was to move beyond standard AI adoption metrics and to discover the extent to which organizations are set up to truly get ROI from their AI investments.
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Alastair Paterson,
Forbes.com,
1 July 2026
The law also empowers local authorities to reduce maximum speed limits from 30 miles per hour to 25 miles per hour without conducting a traffic study.
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Matthew Kelly
july 1,
Kansas City Star,
1 July 2026
Love and empathy Dog School started in 2009, when former schoolteacher Adrienne Olivier was volunteering at a local animal shelter and conducting outreach activities in schools and other community spaces.
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Patricia Huon,
Christian Science Monitor,
30 June 2026
The sheriff's office reopened portions of the investigation roughly three years ago, reviewing thousands of case files and conducting interviews with Mansfield with assistance from federal and state authorities.
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Greg Wehner,
FOXNews.com,
24 June 2026
That could mean running company-wide meetings on an executive’s behalf, coordinating cross-functional initiatives, or even conducting initial performance reviews for an executive’s direct reports, Khan predicts.
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Kristin Stoller,
Fortune,
22 June 2026
Velvet Wu
july 1,
Sacbee.com,
2 July 2026
Central Command shared images of sailors conducting nighttime operations, flight operations and maintaining an MH-60S Sea Hawk helicopter aboard the vessel.
—
N'dea Yancey-Bragg,
USA Today,
1 July 2026
Anthropic claimed the designation was retaliation after the company’s refusal to grant government access to models for the purposes of building autonomous weapons or conducting domestic mass surveillance.
—
Ashley Belanger,
ArsTechnica,
1 July 2026
In conducting this study, our goal was to move beyond standard AI adoption metrics and to discover the extent to which organizations are set up to truly get ROI from their AI investments.
—
Alastair Paterson,
Forbes.com,
1 July 2026
The law also empowers local authorities to reduce maximum speed limits from 30 miles per hour to 25 miles per hour without conducting a traffic study.
—
Matthew Kelly
july 1,
Kansas City Star,
1 July 2026
Love and empathy Dog School started in 2009, when former schoolteacher Adrienne Olivier was volunteering at a local animal shelter and conducting outreach activities in schools and other community spaces.
—
Patricia Huon,
Christian Science Monitor,
30 June 2026
The sheriff's office reopened portions of the investigation roughly three years ago, reviewing thousands of case files and conducting interviews with Mansfield with assistance from federal and state authorities.
—
Greg Wehner,
FOXNews.com,
24 June 2026
That could mean running company-wide meetings on an executive’s behalf, coordinating cross-functional initiatives, or even conducting initial performance reviews for an executive’s direct reports, Khan predicts.
—
Kristin Stoller,
Fortune,
22 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for conducting
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Nadella is also supervising major changes in units such as Xbox and has become more hands-on with product development.
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Army investigations have repeatedly pointed to the same factors contributing to fatal training incidents including sleep deprivation, inadequate training and inexperienced leaders supervising high-risk exercises.
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In one significant policy shift, Lewis George campaigned on repealing former Metropolitan Police Department chief Pamela Smith’s executive order directing her officers to cooperate with federal immigration authorities for individuals not in police custody.
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The core team includes Luke Osche, Orin Cornille, Bosco Atukwatse, Winfred Nsabimana, Johnson Muhereza, Yahaya Ssemakula, Daniel Snyders and Alex Braczkowski; with Braczkowski and Chadden Hunter co-directing the project.
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Demonstrators express frustration Protesters marching through Johannesburg’s city center Tuesday included young men carrying traditional fighting sticks and women of all ages.
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Dark figures were darting through the shadows—Germans were carrying sacks and pillows to their building.
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After guiding Algeria to a 2-1 comeback win against Jordan to stay alive in Group J, manager Vladimir Petković was looking forward to seeing a lot of green and white in the KC stands this time.
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What was once considered alternative is becoming the norm, and individuality is increasingly replacing convention as the guiding principle of engagement ring design.
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The most enduring legacy may be not only transferring wealth, but also transmitting a commitment to ensure that everyone has a place at the table.
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Thompson is charged with being a felon in possession of a firearm as well as transmitting threatening interstate communications.
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From overseeing the Dodgers during one of the franchise's most influential eras to remaining involved in ownership and player development across the sport, the family's impact extended well beyond the major leagues.
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The judge overseeing the wrongful death civil case that John O'Keefe's family filed against Karen Read admonished more than a dozen lawyers involved in the case on Wednesday.
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Vanessa also wears the hats of playwright, motivational speaker, and retreat host, channeling her storytelling gift across multiple creative platforms.
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Christian Pulisic and Weston McKennie looked like Serie A regulars, Folarin Balogun’s finishing was on song and Gio Reyna put to rest any doubts about his selection by channelling his inner Luka Modric.
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There are several steps between hearing about change and actually behaving differently, and organizations often move ahead long before employees do.
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Others depend on third-place permutations, favourable routes through the draw and several rounds of the favourites behaving like favourites.
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“Conducting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/conducting. Accessed 2 Jul. 2026.
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