CONDUCTING Synonyms: 120 Similar and Opposite Words

conducting

verb

present participle of conduct

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 Scientists are conducting studies to learn more about the potential risk to people who hunt or eat deer or elk meat, for example, by determining if they are diagnosed with prion diseases more often than people who do not. —

Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 28 Apr. 2026 Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Saar quickly responded on X, slamming his Ukrainian counterpart for conducting diplomacy on social media. —

Yuliya Talmazan, NBC news, 28 Apr. 2026 Our Inspector General is conducting a formal investigation. —

Scott Travis, Sun Sentinel, 27 Apr. 2026 Federal prosecutors have been conducting a preliminary investigation since mid-February 2026 into alleged cyberattacks on Signal accounts, a spokesperson for the federal prosecutors confirmed on Saturday. —

ABC News, 27 Apr. 2026 Under Maryland's executive order, any state employee conducting unethical behavior must be reported to the Attorney General's Office and the governor's chief legal counsel for investigation. —

Jt Moodee Lockman, CBS News, 27 Apr. 2026 The City of Sunnyvale is conducting an equity survey to better understand how residents experience city programs and services. —

Anne Gelhaus, Mercury News, 26 Apr. 2026 The charges come after police found the children deceased while conducting a welfare check at a home on Wellesley's Edgemoor Avenue, Boston Globe, NBC Boston and the Bennington Bannerreported. —

Charlotte Phillipp, PEOPLE, 26 Apr. 2026 Their action engendered a response from Democrats and a decision by California voters that canceled out the potential gains of Republicans in Texas by conducting a partisan gerrymander of their own. —

Colin Pascal, Baltimore Sun, 25 Apr. 2026

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There is no minimum height to ride, though riders under 46 inches must ride with a supervising companion, according to the park.

— Finch Walker, USA Today, 8 May 2026
At the end of April, a statement attributed to Khamenei indicated Iran would create the mechanism to supervising traffic at the waterway.

— Eleni Giokos, CNN Money, 7 May 2026