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conduit

[kon-dwit, -doo-it, -dyoo-it, -dit] / ˈkɒn dwɪt, -du ɪt, -dju ɪt, -dɪt /


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I’m here to push the ship along, but it’s really their relationship with the music and I’m a conduit.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 21, 2026

“The administration views the CPC as a vital conduit of Kazakhstan-origin energy for European markets that serves as an alternative to Russian energy supplies,” the official said.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 25, 2026

It serves as a conduit between riskier, volatile cryptocurrencies and the conventional finance system, essentially used as an offshore dollar.

From BBC Jul. 13, 2026

The waterway is a key conduit for oil and gas exports out of the energy-rich Gulf countries, and its closure has heavily impacted the world economy.

From Barron's Jul. 11, 2026

Leila, when at her most open, mourned not just the death of Keith, the love of her life, but Keith as a conduit to the world.

From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel

One of California’s two main north-south water conduits, it pumps water from the Delta near the intakes of the other major system, the State Water Project.

From Los Angeles Times May 21, 2026

Traditionally, middle managers have acted as conduits who maintained close contact with both rank-and-file staff and higher-ups.

From MarketWatch May 7, 2026

The layers of shell companies and use of foreign conduits into luxury real estate help leaders of the Islamic Republic maintain an image back home of embracing modesty and rejecting lavish lifestyles, researchers say.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 30, 2026

There’s no evidence that this generation intends to make pining their only romantic activity; it’s more that they are very content, at the moment, to luxuriate in the many conduits for yearning available to them.

From Salon Feb. 21, 2026

Rick broke off, the conduits of his brain humming, calculating, and selecting; he altered what he had started to say. “—would detect it,” he finished.

From "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" by Philip K. Dick




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