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as in promoting
to free from obstruction or difficulty
several religious organizations are involved in the effort to facilitate the settlement of the immigrants arriving in the area
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Recent Examples of facilitating
Jennifer McLogan,
CBS News,
26 June 2026
The firm helps athletes, teams and leagues grow—and eventually cash in on—their overseas fanbases, with organizing tours and activations, facilitating sponsorships, local social media accounts and region-specific content.
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Justin Birnbaum,
Sportico.com,
26 June 2026
The lawsuit accuses Kalibrate of facilitating cartel-like collusion.
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ABC News,
24 June 2026
With affordable housing now hard to find in both red and blue states, representatives on both sides of the aisle committed to facilitating the growth of the housing supply.
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Eleni N. Gage,
Architectural Digest,
24 June 2026
Wolfers, who previously worked for professional bookies in his native Australia, seems to be the most expressly worried about prediction markets facilitating sports betting.
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Allison Morrow,
CNN Money,
21 June 2026
Related Stories Chen Guo, managing director of Shanghai International Film & TV Events Center, says the TV forum programming this year will center on facilitating global content deals.
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Jenny S. Li,
Variety,
20 June 2026
The court heard that Carpuic was a middleman tasked with facilitating payment — which never came — and recruiting someone to film the fires.
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Emma Burrows,
Los Angeles Times,
19 June 2026
With stablecoin rails, ERC-20 and USDC/EURC support, and Coinbase's Developer Platform facilitating settlement, x402 is the strongest challenger for programmatic, agent-to-tool monetization use cases.
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Josipa Majic Predin,
Forbes.com,
19 June 2026
Verb
The Board is committed to ensuring that the revote is conducted fairly, transparently, and in full compliance with all applicable legal requirements, while facilitating a seamless Board transition prior to the start of the 2026–2027 school year in September.
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Jennifer McLogan,
CBS News,
26 June 2026
The firm helps athletes, teams and leagues grow—and eventually cash in on—their overseas fanbases, with organizing tours and activations, facilitating sponsorships, local social media accounts and region-specific content.
—
Justin Birnbaum,
Sportico.com,
26 June 2026
The lawsuit accuses Kalibrate of facilitating cartel-like collusion.
—
ABC News,
24 June 2026
With affordable housing now hard to find in both red and blue states, representatives on both sides of the aisle committed to facilitating the growth of the housing supply.
—
Eleni N. Gage,
Architectural Digest,
24 June 2026
Wolfers, who previously worked for professional bookies in his native Australia, seems to be the most expressly worried about prediction markets facilitating sports betting.
—
Allison Morrow,
CNN Money,
21 June 2026
Related Stories Chen Guo, managing director of Shanghai International Film & TV Events Center, says the TV forum programming this year will center on facilitating global content deals.
—
Jenny S. Li,
Variety,
20 June 2026
The court heard that Carpuic was a middleman tasked with facilitating payment — which never came — and recruiting someone to film the fires.
—
Emma Burrows,
Los Angeles Times,
19 June 2026
With stablecoin rails, ERC-20 and USDC/EURC support, and Coinbase's Developer Platform facilitating settlement, x402 is the strongest challenger for programmatic, agent-to-tool monetization use cases.
—
Josipa Majic Predin,
Forbes.com,
19 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for facilitating
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While promoting Cape Fear on the SmartLess podcast, Adams told the story of saving a man’s life in Santa Monica.
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Grail is promoting the idea that the Galleri test should be used in conjunction with other screening tests, not as a replacement to any done now.
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Starting in the late 1950s and accelerating in the 1970s, several states enacted laws that required a date label on certain foods.
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The right question to ask early on is whether the rate of experimentation and the surfacing of new use cases are accelerating month over month.
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How airlines and airports can do better Maglione and Riccobono both said that training and implementing new technology can go a long way toward improving the flying experience for blind travelers.
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Crews successfully removed parts of the exterior wall, improving their ability to access interior fire areas and blast large volumes of water, the fire department said.
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After easing through the first three innings, Bryan Reynolds hit a double off the top of the left field fence and Valdez bombed one to left to cut the Phillies' lead to 5-2.
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The quarter that contained that second spike closes this week, and the fund updates that follow are the next read on whether the pressure is easing or building.
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Tribalists and traditionalists have controlled the terms of the battle, one by simplifying, the other by denying, the way privilege has shaped our compound selves.
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Modern engineering leadership is about simplifying the system by reducing friction, increasing accountability and leveraging AI to help teams move faster without compromising quality or reliability.
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The Fort Worth Fire Department is assisting in a water rescue at Benbrook Lake at Holiday Park.
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Local authorities were assisting travelers and Amtrak was deploying resources to help as well.
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Its major selling points include the stretchy and soft material, wide straps, side-smoothing panels, and wireless design.
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It can be used as a concealer, contour, or foundation, has medium coverage, is pore-blurring, texture-smoothing, and imperfection-camouflaging.
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“Facilitating.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/facilitating. Accessed 1 Jul. 2026.
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