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facilitate

[fuh-sil-i-teyt] / fəˈsɪl ɪˌteɪt /


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US forces have seemingly been able to facilitate a sufficient trickle through the Strait of Hormuz in recent days to avert an oil-price shock or a global economic collapse.

From BBC Sep. 4, 2026

To facilitate an apples-to-apples comparison, I converted the chart’s returns into daily averages.

From MarketWatch Sep. 3, 2026

In 2016 Lane helped to facilitate the partnership between Forbes Media and Shook Research, Shook said.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 24, 2026

In April, the DRC and M23 agreed to facilitate humanitarian aid and release prisoners following talks in Switzerland.

From Barron's Aug. 24, 2026

He was eager to facilitate a meeting between me and the full group.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela

Bessent did not rule out the possibility of Chinese banks being targeted, and vowed that any entity "that facilitates money laundering on behalf of Iran will be removed from the US dollar system".

From Barron's Aug. 25, 2026

“There is a deep connection with the cosmos in Mexico. I’ve seen it in anthropology books; this vision of art as a healing agent that facilitates spiritual growth.”

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 25, 2026

"However, our data show that water mainly facilitates mantle melting. The key factor for high gold concentrations is the high - and in part repeated - degree of melting."

From Science Daily Jul. 29, 2026

Getting rid of the physical disc also facilitates distribution by reducing supply-chain hiccups and the possibility of a premature leak.

From MarketWatch Jun. 25, 2026

Usually, linguistic change is a crucial marker of a modification in the way in which people think—it both facilitates that change and makes it easier for us to recognize it.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton

In a statement, the activists called for an independent investigation to establish "who requested, authorised, facilitated and concealed Dr Besigye's rendition".

From Barron's Sep. 1, 2026

So that’s what made me think I couldn’t make the movie and that’s what facilitated this idea.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 27, 2026

This facilitated approval of the sale of the servers, though the Taiwan facility lacked the required rack space, power and bandwidth, the prosecutors said.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 24, 2026

On top of the purchase price, FSG have since facilitated intra-group loans of about £218m, meaning a total outlay of about £518m.

From BBC Aug. 11, 2026

Our desks were arranged in a U shape because Ms. McCrea said that being able to see each other facilitated discussion.

From "Here to Stay" by Sara Farizan

The NBA penalized the Los Angeles Clippers for violating salary-cap rules by facilitating outside payments to star player Kawhi Leonard.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 2, 2026

Indiana acknowledged that Planned Parenthood was facilitating legal abortions.

From Slate Aug. 28, 2026

"We are committed to facilitating appropriate consideration of the use of character references following conviction, acknowledging that there will be a broad range of views. "

From BBC Aug. 5, 2026

Trying facilitating a frank conversation about what needs to be in order.

From MarketWatch Jul. 28, 2026

Hubler could make hundreds of millions facilitating the idiocy of Morgan Stanley’s customers.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis




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