CONDUCTED Synonyms: 123 Similar and Opposite Words

conducted

verb

past tense of conduct

as in operated

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 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 behaved

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 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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as in transmitted

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

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Recent Examples of conducted The International Seabed Authority has granted 17 exploration licenses in the Clarion-Clipperton Zone, with five held by China, whose researchers conducted this viral survey. — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 14 Oct. 2026 Officers conducted final checks on the turtles at a conservation center on Serangan Island, also known as Turtle Island, in southern Bali. — ABC News, 13 Oct. 2026 Globally, consumers cut spending after 47% of bad experiences, according to a Qualtrics XM Institute survey of more than 20,000 people across 14 countries, conducted in 2025. — Bilin Lin, Fortune, 13 Oct. 2026 Sometimes, The Attack That Isn’t The Attack In research conducted with IDC, the concern security professionals raised most often was not attack volume or velocity. — Carlos Morales, Forbes.com, 13 Oct. 2026 Deputies first conducted a welfare check before launching a missing person investigation. — Landon Mion, FOXNews.com, 13 Oct. 2026 Both quarterbacks conducted nearly perfect offenses in the second half. — Rohan Nadkarni, NBC news, 13 Oct. 2026 The Times asked Wright for copies of these investigations and the names of the firms that conducted them. — Audrey McGlinchy, Los Angeles Times, 13 Oct. 2026 Although the district attorney did not prosecute the case in 2024, Cornell's Title IX office conducted an investigation in 2025. — Elissa Nadworny, NPR, 13 Oct. 2026

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The service previously operated the EC-130Q for TACAMO duties from 1963 through 1993, according to Lockheed Martin.

— Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 17 Oct. 2026
The team’s last-second win over the Philadelphia Eagles last week in Tottenham Hotspur Stadium was organized and operated by the NFL, part of the league’s more standard rotation of all teams playing overseas.

— Eben Novy-Williams, Sportico.com, 16 Oct. 2026

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Five films are directed by filmmakers from outside the Baltic countries, with Baltic talent and expertise playing significant roles in their production.

— Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 14 Oct. 2026
The movie, directed by Siân Heder and starring Daisy Edgar-Jones, adapts Gabrielle Zevin’s best-selling novel about game developers.

— Davide Abbatescianni, Variety, 13 Oct. 2026

Definition of directed

Verb

The vegetables’ changing moisture, texture and shape also meant no two instruments behaved exactly alike.

— SPIN Staff, SPIN, 5 Oct. 2026
The company has since disclosed several additional incidents where its models behaved in unintended ways, prompting industry researchers and government officials to call for additional oversight.

— Ashley Capoot, CNBC, 28 Sep. 2026

Definition of behaved

Verb

The plane’s first officer, an Omani man named Hamam al-Hammami, had assaulted the plane’s Indian captain with an emergency axe and steered the aircraft into a nosedive.

— Sudarsan Raghavan, New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2026
Backup Ty Dieffenbach steered UCLA to a win, but the Bruins need better quarterback depth.

— Connor Dullinger, Los Angeles Times, 12 Oct. 2026

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Energy-absorbing seats are designed to manage forces transmitted to occupants during an impact, potentially reducing injury risks.

— Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 17 Oct. 2026
The goat tested positive for caseous lymphadenitis, a highly contagious bacterial infection that can be fatal to animals and can be transmitted to humans through meat or milk, according to vet records from OSU obtained by the Statesman.

— Sally Krutzig, Idaho Statesman, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of transmitted

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Just last weekend, Sheerazie supervised a group of Boy Scouts digging a 2-foot-deep swale as part of an Eagle Scout Service Project at Arlington Garden.

— Pedro Moura, Los Angeles Times, 15 Oct. 2026
Moton discussed it and his future with numerous people, including his family and Panthers team doctor Nancy Gritter, who supervised much of his care.

— Scott Fowler, Charlotte Observer, 14 Oct. 2026

Definition of supervised

Verb

And while Hill is paying a half-million-dollar price for his battery, the judgment falls well short of expectations the plaintiff may have carried into the start of the trial.

— Armando Salguero OutKick, FOXNews.com, 14 Oct. 2026
To ensure the result stood up to scrutiny, the DS's charging port was sealed before departure, and Verstaen carried two GPS trackers during the ride.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 14 Oct. 2026

Definition of carried

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In the latter half of the 1970s, Montgomery played a victim in A Case of Rape, accused and acquitted murderer Lizzie Borden in The Legend of Lizzie Borden and a pioneer woman in The Awakening Land.

— Justine Fisher, PEOPLE, 12 Oct. 2026
Among those tried was Anthony (Tony) White; though he had earlier been acquitted of any connection with the robbery, in October 1995 he was found liable, alongside McAvoy and Robinson, for the full £26 million value of the gold.

— Frannie Comstock, Encyclopedia Britannica, 9 Oct. 2026

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