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conduct

[kon-duhkt, kuhn-duhkt] / ˈkɒn dʌkt, kənˈdʌkt /




VERB
comport oneself
Synonyms
Antonyms
STRONG
WEAK


Usage

What are other ways to say conduct? To conduct is to precede or escort to a place, sometimes with a degree of ceremony: to conduct a guest to his room. Guide implies continuous presence or agency in showing or indicating a course: to guide a traveler. To direct is to give information for guidance, or instructions or orders for a course of procedure: to direct someone to the station. To lead is to bring onward in a course, guiding by contact or by going in advance; hence, figuratively, to influence or induce to some course of conduct: to lead a procession; to lead astray.

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Hasan chose to conduct his own defense during the trial but called no witnesses and gave no testimony, and made no attempt to deny the charges.

From Barron's ● Oct. 8, 2026

Garfield hopes other states will conduct similar analyses of their own records.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 8, 2026

“The investigation into the circumstances surrounding the infant’s death also examined the conduct of Jane Doe’s mother, Ofelia Garcia Ortega,” the the Monterey County district attorney’s office said in a statement Tuesday afternoon.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2026

According to the EFL commission, the club employed "a particularly deplorable approach" by using junior members of staff to conduct the spying "at the direction of senior personnel".

From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026

In return for their favor he acted so atrociously that no poet ever tried to explain his conduct.

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton

Clayton describes himself as a “working supervisor” who conducts arraignments and represents clients at preliminary and other hearings.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026

Every few years, however, the team conducts a broader search for much larger features.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 18, 2026

He conducts tours of the White House helipad while promoting a fertilizer brand on national television.

From Salon ● Sep. 11, 2026

"What remains to be seen is not whether Singh will eventually walk free, but how the government conducts itself around that decision...and whether minority communities are given any reassurance," Dayal adds.

From BBC ● Sep. 1, 2026

Deep inside is the oldest part, the brainstem, which conducts the basic biological functions, including the rhythms of life—heartbeat and respiration.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan

The crew also conducted nutrition-focused research and examined how physical characteristics may affect blood flow during spaceflight to help keep astronauts safe and healthy on future missions.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 8, 2026

The sheriff responded that deputies had conducted brief and routine polling place visits for years.

From Salon ● Oct. 8, 2026

When asked during the interview, which was conducted shortly after the incident, how she was feeling, the girl said: "A bit in shock, think it will hit me eventually, but it hasn't yet."

From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026

Rospotrebnadzor said Wednesday that the situation in the Irkutsk region remained "stable", and that nearly 5,000 tests had been conducted, none of which revealed dangerous pathogens.

From Barron's ● Oct. 7, 2026

It is thus easy to think of scientific revolutions as deliberate acts, conducted by people who achieve what they set out to achieve.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton

Former California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger is a regular and was back this year, conducting a band and thousands of singing beer drinkers.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2026

They will spend an extended period aboard the station conducting science and other mission activities.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 30, 2026

The FAI is now conducting its own investigation by amassing high-quality footage of the match, including audio from pitchside microphones, in order to establish whether or not abuse was directed at Idah.

From BBC ● Sep. 28, 2026

“We’re reviewing these findings and have reached out to the U.N. to offer a briefing with the team conducting that review,” an OpenAI spokeswoman said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 27, 2026

“And why Miss Cymbeline here knows so much about handling firearms and conducting covert ops will apparently remain a secret.”

From "Dactyl Hill Squad" by Daniel José Older




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