Thesaurus results for CONN

conn

verb

ˈkän

variants also con

Definition of conn

as in to steer

to operate or control the course of there was white-knuckle tension as the captain conned the gunboat through the mine-infested harbor

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Recent Examples of conn Both companies recently disclosed that their models hacked into external organizations, but in those instances there was no obvious attempt to con humans. — Tom Chivers, semafor.com, 5 Aug. 2026 The year is 1975, the place is Vassar College, and Tony is attempting to con his way into a fellowship in order to pen a novel. — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 5 Aug. 2026 When Stapley was 10, her mother lost her life’s savings after being conned by a couple posing as investors. — Carly Tagen-Dye, PEOPLE, 14 July 2026 There was at least one other incident in which Bustillo is accused of conning a player out of $4,000. — Sofia Saric, Miami Herald, 28 May 2026 Keith arrests our thinking, and cons us into suppressing our critical faculties with the same kind of internalized surveillance that philosopher Michel Foucault broke down to describe a prison’s use of the panopticon in Discipline and Punish. — Literary Hub, 19 May 2026 Looking to turn the tables, 80-year-old Poppy Montgomery launches a mission to defraud the fraudsters conning the elderly online. — Diya Chacko, Oc Register, 18 May 2026 The centerpiece of his recent column is a list of quarterly rate increases after reform passed, presented as proof consumers were conned. — David Wilson, The Orlando Sentinel, 11 Apr. 2026 How to get out of an awkward situation in order to avoid booking that plane ticket back to New York, where nothing much awaits her, after conning her way into a stranger’s home? — Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 9 Apr. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for conn

Verb

Policy overlap Federal policies enacted in 2022 aimed to steer clean-energy investments toward communities impacted by coal plant closures, yet data centers are inheriting these sites instead.

— Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 3 Aug. 2026
Meanwhile, Warner has spent three years steering free cash flow toward the debt left by the 2022 Discovery merger, and Paramount has been consumed with digesting Skydance.

— Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, Fortune, 3 Aug. 2026

Definition of steer

Verb

Hilderbrand’s original novel features an epilogue set one year later where the four women take an Italian trip, with Chan’s character Gigi piloting their flight home.

— Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 5 Aug. 2026
Fast forward to the first day of training camp, when Stidham ran the second unit and Ehlinger piloted the threes, and Payton was asked again whether a competition had begun.

— Nick Kosmider, New York Times, 4 Aug. 2026

Definition of pilot

Verb

Boyle helmed the movie from the script by Graham that adapts his own play of the same name.

— Ryan Gajewski, HollywoodReporter, 10 Aug. 2026
Washington — Todd Blanche was sworn in as attorney general at the White House on Monday after the Senate narrowly voted to confirm the president's former defense lawyer to helm the Justice Department over the weekend.

— Kaia Hubbard, CBS News, 10 Aug. 2026