facilitated

past tense of facilitate

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Recent Examples of facilitated This benefits turf condition on the tees and has facilitated new spectator access along the right-hand side of the hole. Gregg Evans, New York Times, 17 July 2026 The deal was facilitated by Horizon Sports & Experiences, the exclusive sponsorship and media rights sales agency for the 2027 FIVB Women’s Volleyball World Cup. Sportico Staff, Sportico.com, 17 July 2026 This government has tolerated and facilitated settler violence against Palestinians. Thomas Wright, The Atlantic, 16 July 2026 They are instead given a methodology for working that out themselves, facilitated by massive computational power of increasing scale. ArsTechnica, 13 July 2026 After Grace’s post quickly went viral, the airport contacted her, identified the employee as Simon and facilitated a connection. Charna Flam, PEOPLE, 13 July 2026 The transactions facilitated on these platforms occur entirely independently of FIFA’s official ticketing platform. Lily Wright, Los Angeles Times, 9 July 2026 The designation would have facilitated police sharing information about the case with media. Michael Loria, USA Today, 30 June 2026 The protagonists are invariably elite young people whose parents approve of their match, their separation is always a result of slavery, fake death, kidnap or a combination of all three and their reunion is usually facilitated by the gods. Literary Hub, 30 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for facilitated
Verb
  • Skid marks showing that Medina slammed on his brakes and rapidly accelerated backward were also spotted.
    Mirna Alsharif, NBC news, 19 July 2026
  • This sparked the Reformation and the Scientific Revolution and accelerated civilization’s progress on a new, global scale.
    Adam Farren, Forbes.com, 17 July 2026
Verb
  • The more important questions are whether customer outcomes improved, whether employees became more effective, whether the business became more adaptable and whether new value was created because of the technology.
    Tony Bates, Fortune, 16 July 2026
  • The steaks improved with each visit, but purists may want to stick to the Japanese Wagyu.
    Jenn Harris, Los Angeles Times, 16 July 2026
Verb
  • After the shooting, Tisch promoted Islam to detective first grade.
    Nicholas Williams, New York Daily News, 19 July 2026
  • The woman was given a warning but later promoted, according to the lawsuit.
    Charlotte Observer, Charlotte Observer, 18 July 2026
Verb
  • Hassan Sleiman, a 45-year-old roofing contractor in Michigan, claims a regimen of seven peptides has eased body pains and boosted his vitality.
    The Week US, TheWeek, 20 July 2026
  • International benchmark Brent also eased from levels seen overnight, trading up marginally at nearly $88.
    Sean Conlon,Hugh Leask,Justina Lee, CNBC, 19 July 2026
Verb
  • Under his leadership, the organization has been simplified, and costs have been structurally reduced.
    Angela Velasquez, Footwear News, 17 July 2026
  • The site, with millions of users each year, was known for colorful charts that anyone could freely download and that simplified giant sets of data, such as temperature readings.
    Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 1 July 2026
Verb
  • Both goals were assisted by crosses from superstar Lionel Messi.
    Andrew Greif, NBC news, 15 July 2026
  • Folsom police also assisted with evacuations, scene security and traffic control.
    Corey Schmidt, Sacbee.com, 15 July 2026
Verb
  • The hair at the crown is smoothed back but not slick—in fact, there’s a decent amount of volume up top—with virtually no visible part.
    Marci Robin, Allure, 2 July 2026
  • The standout attachment for me is the large round barrel brush, which smoothed my hair with ease and didn’t tug or snag it along the way.
    Conçetta Ciarlo, Vogue, 1 July 2026

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“Facilitated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/facilitated. Accessed 22 Jul. 2026.

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