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 Requiring personnel to document a legitimate law-enforcement reason and associated case number before conducting a license-plate search. — Jeramie Bizzle, CBS News, 20 Aug. 2026 After all, OpenAI allowed its AI models to secretly conspire with one another and then escape into the real world, conducting real-world hacking. — Reed Albergotti, semafor.com, 19 Aug. 2026 In addition, Greenville police are conducting an investigation to determine whether there could be criminal conduct behind the star’s sudden death, Page Six reported. — Martha Ross, Mercury News, 19 Aug. 2026 In August 2025, for example, CBP agents opened fire at a vehicle carrying a man and his 18-year-old son while conducting a traffic stop in San Bernardino. — Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 19 Aug. 2026 Alongside these technical milestones, the company is conducting early talks with utilities, hyperscalers, and energy buyers. — Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 19 Aug. 2026 The man explained that Gross was conducting another interview. — Seth Abramovitch, HollywoodReporter, 18 Aug. 2026 According to reporting in The New York Times, Israel planned to assassinate the Iranian foreign minister and speaker of parliament while the two were conducting negotiations with the United States. — Mark Leonard, Foreign Affairs, 18 Aug. 2026 Solomon's home is on Wildwood Avenue, where authorities are conducting the death investigation, according to CBS Boston. — Stepheny Price, FOXNews.com, 18 Aug. 2026

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Filmiki’s Nikolas Alavanos is co-producer with Steve Solomos as supervising producer.

— Liz Shackleton, Deadline, 18 Aug. 2026
Hartman has worked for Johnson Brothers Maverick beverage distribution company for a few years now, and has experience supervising the bar at The Adolphus Hotel.

— Ella Gonzales, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 14 Aug. 2026

Definition of supervising

Verb

Rydell turned increasingly back to television for his directing jobs.

— Greg Evans, Deadline, 14 Aug. 2026
So, there was no real risk that a court AI system might confuse any of Elliott’s prompts as instructions from the court directing an AI model on how to read Elliott’s filings.

— Ashley Belanger, ArsTechnica, 14 Aug. 2026

Definition of directing

Verb

In 2012, a smiling Jason Arday was photographed by the British press carrying the Olympic flame in the torch relay that preceded the London Games.

— ABC News, ABC News, 19 Aug. 2026
The crash involved the upper stage of a Falcon 9 rocket that originally launched on January 15, 2025, carrying two commercial lunar landers.

— Jackie Wattles, CNN Money, 18 Aug. 2026

Definition of carrying

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Surrogacy agreements are most often private, and there are few federal standards guiding the practice, Ziegler said.

— Lauren Mascarenhas, CNN Money, 20 Aug. 2026
Since vintage base ball league teams agree to abide by the same rules used in 1858, only 37 rules are applied to the sport, as compared to today’s numerous regulations guiding the players of today’s baseball games.

— Philip Potempa, Chicago Tribune, 20 Aug. 2026

Definition of guiding

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In on most aircraft and require most pilots to fly while transmitting ADS-B signals.

— Alexandra Skores, CNN Money, 13 Aug. 2026
Companies are developing robust, modular, and radiation-resilient solutions to filter and process information in space, transmitting only valuable insights.

— Ben Topor, Forbes.com, 6 Aug. 2026

Definition of transmitting

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Walton Johnson, who began at the clerk of courts office overseeing its online Self-Help Center, pledged to install kiosks at the Orange County Courthouse and its surrounding branches to cut down on wait times.

— Cristóbal Reyes, The Orlando Sentinel, 19 Aug. 2026
Tom Ackerley, Bronte Payne and Kelly McRedmond are overseeing the project for LuckyChap.

— Matt Grobar, Deadline, 19 Aug. 2026

Definition of overseeing

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Users flaunt classic French tips year-round, channeling Princess Diana.

— Bailey Bujnosek, InStyle, 15 Aug. 2026
La Nueva Violencia is a smirking, libidinous play for the dance floor, picking up where the distorted guitars of the last record left off and channeling each new riff into sleazy post-punk and electroclash that stick to the body like sweaty velvet.

— Richard Villegas, Rolling Stone, 14 Aug. 2026

Definition of channeling

Verb

Howe said coworkers described Lunceford as behaving unusually before the shooting, and an autopsy found no drugs or alcohol in his system.

— Ben Wheeler, Kansas City Star, 14 Aug. 2026
Residents who encounter a bear should not approach it and should give it space to move through the area safely, and anyone facing a bear behaving aggressively or posing an immediate threat should call 911.

— Sacbee.com, Sacbee.com, 13 Aug. 2026

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