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.
  • Above all, the goal of the signs is to facilitate encounter.
    Jeremy England, WSJ, 24 Sep. 2020
  • It’s been an honor and a joy to be a part of this and to facilitate.
    Shawn McFarland, Dallas News, 8 Apr. 2023
  • 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
  • In music and the arts, freelancing has long been the nature of the work—and some schools have helped to facilitate that.
    Michelle Cheng, Quartz at Work, 17 Oct. 2019
  • Fox Sports went as far as to help facilitate sports bets with its new app, Fox Bet.
    Frank Pallotta, CNN, 14 Sep. 2020
  • Behind the scenes, the Jets also cleared enough cap room to facilitate the trade.
    Michael Arinze, Chicago Tribune, 21 Mar. 2023
  • 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
  • The atelier is the not-for-profit that facilitates public displays of the artist's works.
    Carrie Napoleon, Post-Tribune, 2 Nov. 2017
  • The man was made aware police would not facilitate the deer going to a food pantry.
    Karen Pilarski, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 13 Dec. 2017
  • One risk here is whether the big Cloud players will facilitate this.
    Steve Denning, Forbes, 25 July 2022
  • The good news, though, was that her tendon sheaths, which facilitate the movement of the tendons and flexion of the limbs, had been spared.
    Jonas Shaffer, baltimoresun.com, 19 May 2018
  • The campaign added that their team would work with the cafe to facilitate the transfer of funds on their behalf, Owens said.
    Fox News, 8 June 2020
  • That was too far out for Dr. Peters to facilitate a deal, Gehling said.
    Tom Lavell, Bloomberg.com, 5 June 2018
  • The ports along the warm waters facilitated trade year round.
    Marc Santora, BostonGlobe.com, 8 Aug. 2023
  • Adults can either help facilitate her ascendance or get the hell out of the way.
    Rachel Epstein, Marie Claire, 23 Sep. 2019
  • Puppies may need some house training, and the crate is a good tool to facilitate this training.
    Traci Howerton, NOLA.com, 26 Aug. 2020
  • Cargo space has 6 feet of length with the back seat folded and with a wide opening to facilitate loading bikes and boards.
    Mark Maynard, sandiegouniontribune.com, 3 Nov. 2017
  • Jones hopes the Cowboys can help facilitate that change.
    Selby Lopez, Dallas News, 28 Aug. 2020
  • Ryan is very athletic and can get to the basket and facilitate.
    Richard Davenport, Arkansas Online, 21 Apr. 2021
  • To help facilitate the deal, Mayfield agreed to take a $3.5 million pay cut.
    Steve Reed, ajc, 12 July 2022
  • 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
  • Being able to facilitate that in a fun and safe way is exciting.
    Michael Katz, idahostatesman, 12 June 2017
  • In order to facilitate overnight cleaning, clubs won't be open for 24 hours.
    Isabel Garcia, House Beautiful, 15 June 2020
  • One woman facilitates help Tu-Tu is not a woman of means.
    Georgea Kovanis, Detroit Free Press, 23 Dec. 2019
  • The soaring ceiling in the great room pulls warm air and humidity up to the rafters, and the house was built to facilitate cross-breezes in the communal spaces.
    Emma Reynolds, Robb Report, 28 Feb. 2024
  • One of these is indeed created by the body in order to facilitate the movement of food and waste through the intestines.
    Bayliss Wagner, USA TODAY, 24 June 2021
  • Two padded strap handles on the sides facilitate loading in the car or carrying.
    Bradley Ford, Popular Mechanics, 23 June 2020

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