conduce

Example Sentences

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Russia, and China joined forces – to declare the Ebola outbreak in Africa a threat to world peace and security, and conduce a universal proposition.

From Fox News • Apr. 16, 2020

Does the conditioning environment of suburbia conduce a sense of well-being and life adjustment?

From Slate • May 1, 2016

Golf rounds are slow and baseball games borderline endless, but the actual moments of play are comparatively brief and highly focussed; like faster, reflex-reliant sports—basketball, soccer, ice hockey—they do not conduce to abstract thinking.

From The New Yorker • Nov. 3, 2015

“They’re trying to conduce this guy into writing, maybe signing a contract,” Mr. Watt said.

From New York Times • Feb. 24, 2011

I resolved, therefore, that if my immediate union with my cousin would conduce either to hers or my father’s happiness, my adversary’s designs against my life should not retard it a single hour.

From "Frankenstein" by Mary Shelley