facilitative

Definition of facilitativenext
1
as in helpful
providing service or assistance managerial attitudes and practices that have proven to be highly facilitative of increased worker productivity

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2
as in beneficial
tending to promote or assist the development of something a well-equipped laboratory facilitative to research

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Adjective
  • Meanwhile, relations with those who are closest to you are warm and helpful.
    Georgia Nicols, Denver Post, 30 May 2026
  • Severe Pruning Pruning tomato plants can be helpful in promoting air flow and fruit production, but removing too many leaves at one time can cause the plant to protect its remaining leaves by curling them in response.
    Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 29 May 2026
Adjective
  • Season One of Off Campus centers hockey captain Garret Graham (Belmont Cameli) and music major Hannah Wells (Ella Bright), who start a mutually beneficial fake-dating scheme that is quickly complicated by their growing feelings for each other.
    CT Jones, Rolling Stone, 28 May 2026
  • Ensuring that any change offered is clearly beneficial from the passenger's perspective.
    Juan Pablo Lafosse, Forbes.com, 28 May 2026
Adjective
  • That first experience of European competition was a useful learning curve, but the team will have to adapt after reaching the knockout stages of the Europa League in 2023-24 by topping a group of four teams that also contained Marseille, Ajax and AEK Athens.
    Andy Naylor, New York Times, 29 May 2026
  • Delta Business Traveler’s free program gives freelancers and small business owners access to discounts, travel perks and business offers that are actually useful.
    Jasmin Suknanan, CNBC, 29 May 2026
Adjective
  • Each time the former Iowa standout was on the floor in the first half, the Valkyries attempted to force favorable switches on Clark and constantly took her to the rim.
    Nathan Canilao, Mercury News, 29 May 2026
  • Atmospheric conditions are expected to be favorable for producing high levels of ozone air pollution in the Dallas-Fort Worth area on Friday.
    STAR-TELEGRAM WEATHER BOT, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 28 May 2026
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“Facilitative.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/facilitative. Accessed 4 Jun. 2026.

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