conduct
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Synonyms for conduct
Synonyms: Verb
administer, administrate, carry on, control, direct, govern, guide, handle, keep, manage, operate, overlook, oversee, preside (over), regulate, run, steward, superintend, supervise, tend
Synonyms: Noun
administration, care, charge, control, direction, governance, government, guidance, handling, intendance, management, operation, oversight, presidency, regulation, running, stewardship, superintendence, superintendency, supervision
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Examples of conduct in a Sentence
Verb
The police are conducting an investigation into last week's robbery. I like the way the company conducts business. The magazine conducted a survey. Who will be conducting the meeting? The committee is expected to conduct hearings in May. He conducts the choir with great skill and emotion. conducting the music of Mozart Our guide slowly conducted us through the museum. Our guide conducted us along the path.Noun
A panel investigated her conduct and she was subsequently fired. the President was happy to leave the conduct of foreign affairs to his secretary of state
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The arbitration will be conducted in the English language in the City of New York, New York, in accordance with the United States Arbitration Act. — CNN, "TUMS Ultimate Tailgate Sweepstakes Rules," 19 Aug. 2019 Most of these meetings were conducted in secret; many involved nature walks and cross-cultural soaks in the hot springs. — Andrew Marantz, The New Yorker, "Silicon Valley’s Crisis of Conscience," 19 Aug. 2019 Tinnirello was the first in the overall civil service test and had previously conducted the field training program and in-service training within the department. — Laura Bednar, cleveland.com, "Independence grows safety forces with five new firefighters," 17 Aug. 2019 Hope at last Two treatments for Ebola proved to be effective in tests conducted in the Democratic Republic of Congo, where the latest outbreak has killed 1,900 people. — The Economist, "Politics this week," 15 Aug.