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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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In this case, adding the silver nanoparticles allowed the DNA to conduct electricity while also helping its molecular units line up in a more orderly arrangement.

From Science Daily Aug. 17, 2026

L3Harris Technologies replaced Christopher Kubasik as chairman and CEO after an investigation into an alleged code of conduct violation.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 17, 2026

It was in part to this fear that George Mason referred when he insisted at the Constitutional Convention that any definition of impeachable conduct must cover “attempts to subvert the Constitution.”

From Slate Aug. 17, 2026

The police urged people "not to speculate on the incident or its circumstances" and to let police "conduct investigations and establish the facts of the case".

From BBC Aug. 17, 2026

One name that you can use to conduct this search is Esther Martinez.

From "An Indigenous People’s History of the United States" by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz

The Space Telescope Science Institute in Baltimore, which is operated by the Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy, conducts Hubble science operations for NASA.

From Science Daily Aug. 17, 2026

When asked whether he saw himself as a composer who conducts or a conductor who composes, he simply laughed.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 10, 2026

“We’ve seen this gradual erosion of concern around pricing,” says Rob Jonas, CEO of the entertainment data company Luminate, which conducts regular surveys of music lovers.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 4, 2026

Gold is prized in electronic circuits because it conducts electricity well and does not corrode.

From Barron's Aug. 4, 2026

To be sure, it is hidden away in bone and conducts internal affairs in secrecy, but virtually all the business is the direct result of thinking that has already occurred in other minds.

From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas

The front-runner was Francesca Hong, a State Assemblywoman and DSA member who, according to the scant few surveys conducted, held a dominant lead over the moderate candidates in the field.

From Slate Aug. 17, 2026

He emphasises that most of these conversations on access and implementation are conducted by experienced Afghan staff.

From BBC Aug. 14, 2026

The online survey was conducted among 1,000 U.S. retail investors evenly split across four generations.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 14, 2026

Researchers from the University of Liverpool's Mass Spectrometry Research Group conducted protein sequencing and mass spectrometry tests.

From Science Daily Aug. 14, 2026

In an interview conducted at this time with an NCC student, Austin described what he called the “dual personality” of the black ruling class.

From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson

By analyzing the Cairo tissue samples at the molecular level and conducting experiments in mice, Quitterer and her colleagues uncovered evidence that GRK2 plays an important role in dementia.

From Science Daily Aug. 17, 2026

Wright said he was conducting a top-to-bottom review of Wendy’s, and he slashed the company’s dividend to invest in the business.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 17, 2026

Schroden said the Lincoln "appears to remain capable of conducting the missions with which it's been tasked."

From Barron's Aug. 13, 2026

Dudamel had little experience conducting new music when he arrived.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 12, 2026

He stops his conducting and taps my case with his baton.

From "What the Night Sings" by Vesper Stamper




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