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adjective

as in assisting

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facilitating

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verb

present participle of facilitate
as in promoting
to free from obstruction or difficulty several religious organizations are involved in the effort to facilitate the settlement of the immigrants arriving in the area

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Recent Examples of facilitating
Verb
Monday’s post also reported that even the Popanet network was facilitating live exploit attempts. — Dan Goodin, ArsTechnica, 31 Aug. 2026 Isaac Galvan, a former Compton city council member, got 18 months for facilitating bribes on Pacheco’s behalf. — Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times, 28 Aug. 2026 Its biggest success so far is facilitating the development of Oracle and OpenAI’s fifteen-billion-dollar data-center campus in Port Washington, a small town in southeastern Wisconsin. — Dan Kaufman, New Yorker, 28 Aug. 2026 The sanctions will target international entities engaged in facilitating Iranian trade related to shipping, oil, crypto, gold and aviation. — Rob Wile, NBC news, 24 Aug. 2026 Treasury's statement noted that violations can carry civil or criminal penalties, and that foreign financial institutions facilitating transactions for those sanctioned under one of the relevant executive orders could face secondary sanctions. — Richard Escobedo, CBS News, 20 Aug. 2026 Parents, educators and child development experts have been sounding alarms over children's use of AI chatbots, which have been blamed for facilitating cheating on schoolwork and even suicide. — ABC News, 18 Aug. 2026 The matter involves accounting firm Bennett Verby, which stands accused of facilitating a research and development repayment fraud, according to The Bureau of Investigative Journalism. — Nana Ama Sarfo, Forbes.com, 17 Aug. 2026 The federal and state constitutions prohibit government from facilitating this sort of discrimination. — Rena Rowe, The Washington Examiner, 15 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for facilitating
  1. promoting
  2. accelerating
  3. improving
  4. easing
  5. simplifying
  6. assisting
  7. smoothing
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  • Center City Partners is a nonprofit focused on promoting the economic and social growth of Charlotte’s core, which includes uptown, midtown and South End.
    — Desiree Mathurin, Charlotte Observer, 28 Aug. 2026
  • For Pope, the rally is about finding community alongside promoting voting rights.
    — Matt Brown, Los Angeles Times, 28 Aug. 2026
Definition of promoting
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  • That would mean accelerating from Indonesia's roughly 5% decade-long growth average while keeping the deficit below its 3% statutory ceiling.
    — Celestine Iyer, CNBC, 26 Aug. 2026
  • For Kraft Heinz, that’s accelerating a shift already underway in Europe toward shorter ingredient lists, smaller portions, and more high-protein products.
    — Sam Birchall, Fortune, 25 Aug. 2026
Definition of accelerating
Verb
  • Pawloski said Amazon seemed to invest fewer resources into improving MTurk at the same time as more data labeling services arrived, causing many turkers to shift to competing platforms.
    — Annie Palmer, CNBC, 26 Aug. 2026
  • The broader shift is that AI content quality is improving while the barrier to creation is becoming lower.
    — Connie Etemadi, USA Today, 26 Aug. 2026
Definition of improving
Verb
  • Gladys Knight is ‘easing into fewer’ concerts after recent performances spark health concerns.
    — Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 29 Aug. 2026
  • This week, Shin stated that despite easing US-Iran tensions, inflation in South Korea is expected to remain elevated for a prolonged period.
    — , CNBC, 28 Aug. 2026
Definition of easing
Verb
  • Most manufacturers’ lineups use a mix of either carbon fiber and aluminum because those two materials can be made into the exact same shape, simplifying manufacturing.
    — ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 26 Aug. 2026
  • The process begins with simplifying an image, almost like creating a painter’s palette.
    — Jonel Juste, Miami Herald, 26 Aug. 2026
Definition of simplifying
Verb
  • However, cooler heads prevailed, with respectful interactions afterward, and Khabib Nurmagomedov even assisting Song.
    — Brian Mazique, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2026
  • While Taunton was assisting, another vehicle hydroplaned toward them and Taunton pushed a person at the scene out of the way.
    — Charisma Madarang, Rolling Stone, 29 Aug. 2026
Definition of assisting
Verb
  • That said, the evolution aspect of the formula is in its skin-loving ingredients like peptides, niacinamide, and microgreens for skin-smoothing and oil-balancing benefits.
    — Conçetta Ciarlo, Vogue, 28 Aug. 2026
  • The lightweight formula pairs olive, argan, jojoba, sunflower, and safflower oils with smoothing silicones to calm frizz and boost shine.
    — Christa Joanna Lee, Allure, 28 Aug. 2026
Definition of smoothing

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