conn

variants also con
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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  • Any inappropriate questions are immediately steered back to mixology.
    John Kell, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2025
  • Say a driver is steering their new iX M70 along an alpine roadway on a brisk October morning.
    IEEE Spectrum, IEEE Spectrum, 7 Aug. 2025
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  • This has lent an air of desperation to Zuckerberg’s attempts to raid the likes of OpenAI and Thinking Machine Labs, the fledgling startup helmed by former OpenAI CTO Mira Murati, with nine-figure offers and promises of near-unlimited compute.
    Rashi Shrivastava, Forbes.com, 13 Aug. 2025
  • Named for Hsu’s mom, who emigrated from Malaysia and saw an opportunity in Atlanta to open a mini chain of Chinese restaurants, Lazy Betty is the crown jewel of the family’s growing restaurant empire that includes more casual spots helmed by Hsu’s two siblings.
    Pervaiz Shallwani, Bon Appetit Magazine, 12 Aug. 2025
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“Conn.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/conn. Accessed 21 Aug. 2025.

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