CONDUCTING Synonyms: 120 Similar and Opposite Words

conducting

verb

present participle of conduct

as in supervising

to look after and make decisions about the company's president continues to conduct the everyday affairs of the software firm he founded many years ago

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as in directing

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 carrying

to manage the actions of (oneself) in a particular way conducted themselves at the party like perfect ladies and gentlemen

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as in guiding

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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as in transmitting

to cause (something) to pass from one to another a material that conducts heat quite efficiently

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Recent Examples of conducting Seven in ten CEOs reported conducting strategic risk reviews on a monthly basis, compared to 50% of CIOs. — John Kell, Fortune, 21 Oct. 2026 The judge handling last month endorsed a proposal by the suit's plaintiff to notify potential class members to submit claims on the settlement by conducting a four-week-long social media campaign on Facebook and Instagram. — Dan Mangan, CNBC, 21 Oct. 2026 Homeland Security Investigations, the agency conducting the at-home visits, is one of the enforcement arms of ICE and typically focuses on criminal cross border investigations like child exploitation, drug smuggling and money laundering. — Madeleine May, CBS News, 21 Oct. 2026 In response, Logan said his office is focused on conducting a fair and secure election while noting that Election Day is a mere 18 days away. — Arkansas Online, 20 Oct. 2026 According to Moussa Ag Acharatoumane, the armed group attacked civilians, accusing them of revealing ISSP positions to the Malian army who had been conducting a drone strike on the group. — ABC News, 20 Oct. 2026 The gang-fighting force’s command said troops have been conducting operations in the area since Sunday and have engaged members of armed gangs. — Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 20 Oct. 2026 This is, after all, an institution that frequently has trouble passing stopgap spending bills and conducting routine legislative business. — John T. Shaw, Chicago Tribune, 14 Oct. 2026 And conducting that work within Anthropic risked constraining White Circle from sharing it with the public. — Ashley Belanger, ArsTechnica, 14 Oct. 2026

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His daughter gradually took over supervising much of the team's management and became CEO in August 1998 after her father was elected commissioner.

— ABC News, ABC News, 24 Oct. 2026
Children under 12 must be accompanied by a supervising companion who is at least 14 years old.

— Camila Pedrosa, Sacbee.com, 22 Oct. 2026

Definition of supervising

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Later that day, Public Works Director Jason Shykowski emailed employees, directing them to compile a list of projects completed in the 2nd District over the previous 10 years, along with approximate costs.

— Nicole Buss, Sacbee.com, 23 Oct. 2026
Henderson had retired from the sheriff’s office about five months before the crash and was working as a special deputy directing traffic near the University of Cincinnati during graduation.

— Minyvonne Burke, NBC news, 23 Oct. 2026

Definition of directing

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Protesters, many of whom have been seen carrying Palestinian flags, have set fire to historic buildings and attacked civilians.

— Timothy Nerozzi, The Washington Examiner, 20 Oct. 2026
Mitchell Fairbarn was captured on surveillance video carrying the 27-year-old Chilean flamingo, Peachy, to his room after removing the bird from its enclosure at the Flamingo Las Vegas Hotel and Casino in March.

— Victoria Bisset, Washington Post, 20 Oct. 2026

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Management is guiding to flat EBITDA margins for the year, as lower-margin acquisitions and a fading FX tailwind offset productivity gains, so don't be worried about a lack of profitability growth in coming quarters.

— Josh Brown,Sean Russo, CNBC, 22 Oct. 2026
Co-owner Nadja Mumelter leads regular forest bathing sessions, guiding guests through a mindful immersion into nature.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Oct. 2026

Definition of guiding

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That role demands reliable equipment capable of transmitting strategic instructions during severe national security crises.

— Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 17 Oct. 2026
The latest hotter than expected PPI figures indicate that price pressures are now transmitting from the energy sector into the broader real economy.

— , CNBC, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of transmitting

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Why 2026 is different Nonetheless, analysts CNBC spoke to broadly agreed that reforms meant that even if the market is behaving in similar ways to the post-financial crisis period, the contagion risk remained limited this time around.

— Jenni Reid,Chloe Taylor, CNBC, 23 Oct. 2026
Congress should hold hearings focused on companies cutting corners, not AI programs behaving badly.

— David Litt, Time, 23 Oct. 2026

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