How to Use facilitate in a Sentence

facilitate

verb
  • Her rise to power was facilitated by her influential friends.
  • The moderator's role is to facilitate the discussion by asking appropriate questions.
  • Cutting taxes may facilitate economic recovery.
  • This will be so helpful to facilitate clean up when you’re done.
    — Jenn Rice, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025
  • The man was made aware police would not facilitate the deer going to a food pantry.
    — Karen Pilarski, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 13 Dec. 2017
  • Karbler thinks this movie can start to facilitate that.
    — Jake Kring-Schreifels, Time, 27 Oct. 2025
  • One risk here is whether the big Cloud players will facilitate this.
    — Steve Denning, Forbes, 25 July 2022
  • Leadership’s role is to facilitate and stay out of the way.
    — Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 25 June 2026
  • The Heat might have enough assets to facilitate both trades.
    — Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 5 Feb. 2026
  • To date, seven first-round picks have been used to facilitate trades for some of the game’s biggest names.
    — Mike Jones, USA TODAY, 25 Mar. 2022
  • Athanasiou, though, could be on the block, and the terms of the new contract should help facilitate a deal.
    — Helene St. James, Detroit Free Press, 9 July 2018
  • That’s their job, and [an actor’s] job is to help facilitate their vision.
    — Max Gao, HollywoodReporter, 15 May 2026
  • Adults can either help facilitate her ascendance or get the hell out of the way.
    — Rachel Epstein, Marie Claire, 23 Sep. 2019
  • He was armed with a gun and was carrying burglary tools that would facilitate a break-in.
    — Andrew C. McCarthy, National Review, 8 June 2022
  • The ports along the warm waters facilitated trade year round.
    — Marc Santora, BostonGlobe.com, 8 Aug. 2023
  • Being able to facilitate that in a fun and safe way is exciting.
    — Michael Katz, idahostatesman, 12 June 2017
  • Puppies may need some house training, and the crate is a good tool to facilitate this training.
    — Traci Howerton, NOLA.com, 26 Aug. 2020
  • In truth, some open roles would not exist but for the partner hires that facilitated them.
    — Ian Bogost, The Atlantic, 8 Dec. 2024
  • Monet credits her friends with facilitating the fruition of her dreams over the past year.
    — Essence, 14 Aug. 2024
  • More species in the open ocean can also facilitate the spread of invasive types.
    — Devika Rao, TheWeek, 17 Apr. 2026
  • Ryan is very athletic and can get to the basket and facilitate.
    — Richard Davenport, Arkansas Online, 21 Apr. 2021
  • Behind the scenes, the Jets also cleared enough cap room to facilitate the trade.
    — Michael Arinze, Chicago Tribune, 21 Mar. 2023
  • Look at your space with fresh eyes and make changes that facilitate connectedness.
    — Kathy Barnes, Better Homes & Gardens, 20 Jan. 2026
  • The good news is the Jets can stack draft picks to help facilitate a huge change in the current roster.
    — James Brizuela, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2025
  • Health-care providers set up testing centers around the country to facilitate the process.
    — Washington Post, 12 Jan. 2022
  • That’s James, who can also bring the ball up court and facilitate the offense.
    — Omar Kelly, Miami Herald, 29 June 2026
  • Fox Sports went as far as to help facilitate sports bets with its new app, Fox Bet.
    — Frank Pallotta, CNN, 14 Sep. 2020
  • Lynch plans to work through June to facilitate a smooth transition.
    — Anne Gelhaus, The Mercury News, 26 May 2024
  • The Red Cross would help facilitate.
    — Mosab Abu Toha, New Yorker, 24 Oct. 2025
  • For their child no less, and to facilitate a family reunion?
    — Ashley Vega, PEOPLE, 3 Nov. 2025

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