as in assisting
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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
Jennifer McLogan,
CBS News,
26 June 2026
The firm helps athletes, teams and leagues grow—and eventually cash in on—their overseas fanbases, with organizing tours and activations, facilitating sponsorships, local social media accounts and region-specific content.
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Justin Birnbaum,
Sportico.com,
26 June 2026
The lawsuit accuses Kalibrate of facilitating cartel-like collusion.
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ABC News,
24 June 2026
With affordable housing now hard to find in both red and blue states, representatives on both sides of the aisle committed to facilitating the growth of the housing supply.
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Eleni N. Gage,
Architectural Digest,
24 June 2026
Wolfers, who previously worked for professional bookies in his native Australia, seems to be the most expressly worried about prediction markets facilitating sports betting.
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Allison Morrow,
CNN Money,
21 June 2026
Related Stories Chen Guo, managing director of Shanghai International Film & TV Events Center, says the TV forum programming this year will center on facilitating global content deals.
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Jenny S. Li,
Variety,
20 June 2026
The court heard that Carpuic was a middleman tasked with facilitating payment — which never came — and recruiting someone to film the fires.
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Emma Burrows,
Los Angeles Times,
19 June 2026
With stablecoin rails, ERC-20 and USDC/EURC support, and Coinbase's Developer Platform facilitating settlement, x402 is the strongest challenger for programmatic, agent-to-tool monetization use cases.
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Josipa Majic Predin,
Forbes.com,
19 June 2026
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The Board is committed to ensuring that the revote is conducted fairly, transparently, and in full compliance with all applicable legal requirements, while facilitating a seamless Board transition prior to the start of the 2026–2027 school year in September.
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Jennifer McLogan,
CBS News,
26 June 2026
The firm helps athletes, teams and leagues grow—and eventually cash in on—their overseas fanbases, with organizing tours and activations, facilitating sponsorships, local social media accounts and region-specific content.
—
Justin Birnbaum,
Sportico.com,
26 June 2026
The lawsuit accuses Kalibrate of facilitating cartel-like collusion.
—
ABC News,
24 June 2026
With affordable housing now hard to find in both red and blue states, representatives on both sides of the aisle committed to facilitating the growth of the housing supply.
—
Eleni N. Gage,
Architectural Digest,
24 June 2026
Wolfers, who previously worked for professional bookies in his native Australia, seems to be the most expressly worried about prediction markets facilitating sports betting.
—
Allison Morrow,
CNN Money,
21 June 2026
Related Stories Chen Guo, managing director of Shanghai International Film & TV Events Center, says the TV forum programming this year will center on facilitating global content deals.
—
Jenny S. Li,
Variety,
20 June 2026
The court heard that Carpuic was a middleman tasked with facilitating payment — which never came — and recruiting someone to film the fires.
—
Emma Burrows,
Los Angeles Times,
19 June 2026
With stablecoin rails, ERC-20 and USDC/EURC support, and Coinbase's Developer Platform facilitating settlement, x402 is the strongest challenger for programmatic, agent-to-tool monetization use cases.
—
Josipa Majic Predin,
Forbes.com,
19 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for facilitating
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Good Chop is dedicated to providing the finest cuts of meat while promoting sustainable practices.
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The company threw a lavish caviar party at Cannes and in May hosted panels promoting its cinematic tool at Amazon’s AI on the Lot event in Culver City.
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The financial struggles led to them not being able to pay vendors, which led key brands to stop sending the retailers products to sell, further accelerating its decline.
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The move comes amid rising demand for local asset servicing, with Saudi Arabia accelerating the development of its capital markets as part of its Vision 2030 agenda.
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Pogačar is only improving as a rider, a scary proposition for man with his extraordinary palmares.
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Higgins also says that improving resilience will mean changing the city’s building code to allow innovative new technology.
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After easing through the first three innings, Bryan Reynolds hit a double off the top of the left field fence and Valdez bombed one to left to cut the Phillies' lead to 5-2.
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The quarter that contained that second spike closes this week, and the fund updates that follow are the next read on whether the pressure is easing or building.
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Tribalists and traditionalists have controlled the terms of the battle, one by simplifying, the other by denying, the way privilege has shaped our compound selves.
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Modern engineering leadership is about simplifying the system by reducing friction, increasing accountability and leveraging AI to help teams move faster without compromising quality or reliability.
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The Fort Worth Fire Department is assisting in a water rescue at Benbrook Lake at Holiday Park.
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Local authorities were assisting travelers and Amtrak was deploying resources to help as well.
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Its major selling points include the stretchy and soft material, wide straps, side-smoothing panels, and wireless design.
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It can be used as a concealer, contour, or foundation, has medium coverage, is pore-blurring, texture-smoothing, and imperfection-camouflaging.
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“Facilitating.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/facilitating. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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