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facilitate

[fuh-sil-i-tayt] / fəˈsɪl ɪˌteɪt /




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It should be a fair process, he said, “so that people aren’t surprised and the city knows that they’re responsible through their own signage to facilitate the transition of these people into housing.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 20, 2026

It also became the ultimate beneficiary of the Graham dinner meeting, picking up the contract Graham allegedly agreed to facilitate that night.

From Salon ● Oct. 20, 2026

The Treasury Department recently said that it was made aware that “several eligible donors who would not otherwise make cash contributions are prepared to facilitate contributions of appreciated stock.”

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 19, 2026

Iran's foreign minister has also said it is ready to provide "any assistance necessary to facilitate the start of talks" between Saudi Arabia and the Houthis.

From BBC ● Oct. 15, 2026

In response to my grandfather’s question, Zizmo only opens his door: to facilitate escape.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides

"This solution enables developers and banks to create innovative products and services for their customers and facilitates competition between wallets, while ensuring users' sensitive data remains protected by the highest security standards".

From BBC ● Oct. 20, 2026

In statements, Denver and Boston public school districts said they are committed to helping students and teachers navigate AI in a way that facilitates learning.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026

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

"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

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

The app features a generous free usage option along with paid subscription tiers, and Meta plans eventually to monetize the agent by taking a cut of sales facilitated by the agent.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 20, 2026

Somewhere, a piece of restaurant software had facilitated communication between two people who could reasonably have passed each other a saltshaker.

From Salon ● Oct. 17, 2026

The exhibition was facilitated by the Watford Labour MP Matt Turmaine after he saw Fawley's work at the care home.

From BBC ● Sep. 20, 2026

The investigation found Leonard received $66 million in cash and equity from four companies facilitated by Ballmer and Clippers executives at the behest of Dennis Robertson, Leonard’s uncle and then-agent.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 14, 2026

The beam not only facilitated more sophisticated experiments but also provided a new “vaudeville” for Lawrence to exploit, for it never failed to elicit gasps of astonishment from his visitors.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik

It is performing two tasks superbly and simultaneously: the implementing of a naval blockade of Iran and facilitating the export of non-Iran oil through the Strait of Hormuz.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 27, 2026

Experts have also pointed to land-clearing practices used to make room for plantations as another factor facilitating the spread of wildfires in Indonesia, with naturally fire-resistant forests replaced by less dense and shaded vegetation.

From BBC ● Oct. 11, 2026

"Are they happening together or not? At which molecular site? And how is the water network facilitating the proton hop?"

From Science Daily ● Oct. 6, 2026

It does still bar them from knowingly or recklessly facilitating such sales, and it requires them to take “reasonable measures” to prevent them.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 28, 2026

Writing empowered European societies by facilitating political administration and economic exchanges, motivating and guiding exploration and conquest, and making available a range of information and human experience extending into remote places and times.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond


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