conducted

Definition of conductednext
past tense of conduct
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as in directed
to cause to move to a central point or along a restricted pathway the gutter conducts water to the curb, thus protecting the house's basement

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as in steered
to point out the way for (someone) especially from a position in front a job conducting tourists through the historical museum

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Recent Examples of conducted Throughout 2008 a pilot project was conducted in a Namibian village about 65 miles east of Windhoek. Carrie Brandon Elliot, Forbes.com, 18 May 2026 Research conducted by one of New Jersey's largest credit unions found a trip down the Jersey Shore is going to cost 11% more this year on average. Christine Sloan, CBS News, 18 May 2026 Subsequent sampling conducted by the commission showed salt readings that suggested the presence of wastewater resulting from the production of oil and gas. Nick Bowlin, ProPublica, 18 May 2026 Floor maltings still running the traditional way, coopers making barrels on site, a 30-year vertical tasting conducted without theatrics. Melinda Sheckells, HollywoodReporter, 18 May 2026 Glamour recently conducted an informal survey of more than 100 readers about all things group chat, including proper etiquette. Sam Reed, Glamour, 18 May 2026 Prosecutors maintain the search was legal because it was conducted in conjunction with an arrest and officers were following Altoona police protocols that require them to check for dangerous items that could be harmful to them or the public. Michael R. Sisak, Los Angeles Times, 18 May 2026 The team conducted the trial at nighttime at the Dübendorf Air Base in early April, 2026. Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 18 May 2026 The President previously filed administrative claims seeking damages related to the 2022 FBI search of Mar-a-Lago, which was conducted as part of the classified documents investigation, as well as federal investigations into alleged ties between his 2016 campaign and Russia. Nandika Chatterjee, Time, 18 May 2026
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  • In the rear of the cineplex structure— opened in 2000 and also operated under such brands as Crown and Bow Tie — space would be converted to self-storage.
    Kenneth R. Gosselin, Hartford Courant, 17 May 2026
  • The investigation, which is being done in the Southern District of Florida, has centered around the 1996 shootdown of planes that were operated by the humanitarian group, Brothers to the Rescue.
    Katherine Faulders, ABC News, 16 May 2026
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  • Garcia, who wrote and directed the movie, has come up with some crisply clever faux-noir dialogue, and part of the joke is that Joe speaks in his hardboiled pensées while everyone else talks like a normal person.
    Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 21 May 2026
  • Human-Originated Decision Rate What percentage of your team's output was directed by specific human intent before the model was engaged and how much was generated by the model and then edited?
    Abhishek Gandotra, Forbes.com, 20 May 2026
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  • Simulations and live tests To evaluate the drone interceptor, the engineers carried out computer simulations and analyzed how metal chains between three and four millimeters thick behaved when colliding with model drones.
    Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 6 May 2026
  • There is also a sense from that source that Carvajal could have behaved in a way more befitting of a captain at times.
    Guillermo Rai, New York Times, 23 Apr. 2026
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  • These gaps — as well as the significant positives of antidepressants and the risks of untreated depression — steered the authors’ research.
    Kristen Rogers, CNN Money, 14 May 2026
  • Advocaat had steered Curacao – an island in the Caribbean Sea that is home to around 155,000 people – to the first World Cup in their history in November.
    Tom Burrows, New York Times, 13 May 2026
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  • The Ebola virus is highly contagious and can be transmitted to people from wild animals.
    Chinedu Asadu, Fortune, 17 May 2026
  • For Lyme disease to be transmitted, a tick is usually connected to its host for 24 to 36 hours, according to the CDC.
    Janet Loehrke, USA Today, 17 May 2026
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  • Some are clinically supervised; others position themselves as complementary to Western medicine rather than a replacement for it.
    Hanna Wickes, Charlotte Observer, 20 May 2026
  • In Europe, Clinique La Prairie in Switzerland has become a flagship for the trend, with weeklong programs supervised by more than 50 specialized doctors and a growing audience of guests in their late thirties and forties focused on prevention.
    Hanna Wickes, Sacbee.com, 19 May 2026
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  • Wearing a tasteful, monk-like robe in muted camel, Grogu was ceremoniously carried to a waiting bank of red carpet photographers.
    Bryan Alexander, USA Today, 16 May 2026
  • Goldman Sachs analysts reported in late 2025 that companies announcing layoffs carried higher debt, higher capital expenditure, and lower profit growth than peers, suggesting the cuts were responses to financial distress rather than AI efficiency gains.
    Julie Averill, Forbes.com, 15 May 2026
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  • He was later acquitted by the state Senate.
    Kaia Hubbard, CBS News, 19 May 2026
  • Simpson, who died in April 2024, was ultimately acquitted.
    Caroline Blair, PEOPLE, 19 May 2026

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