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
  • The man was made aware police would not facilitate the deer going to a food pantry.
    Karen Pilarski, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 13 Dec. 2017
  • 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
  • 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
  • Ryan is very athletic and can get to the basket and facilitate.
    Richard Davenport, Arkansas Online, 21 Apr. 2021
  • One risk here is whether the big Cloud players will facilitate this.
    Steve Denning, Forbes, 25 July 2022
  • 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
  • Being able to facilitate that in a fun and safe way is exciting.
    Michael Katz, idahostatesman, 12 June 2017
  • Behind the scenes, the Jets also cleared enough cap room to facilitate the trade.
    Michael Arinze, Chicago Tribune, 21 Mar. 2023
  • Puppies may need some house training, and the crate is a good tool to facilitate this training.
    Traci Howerton, NOLA.com, 26 Aug. 2020
  • The grant will help to facilitate job creation and retention.
    From The Community, Houston Chronicle, 6 Sep. 2019
  • Jones hopes the Cowboys can help facilitate that change.
    Selby Lopez, Dallas News, 28 Aug. 2020
  • Two padded strap handles on the sides facilitate loading in the car or carrying.
    Bradley Ford, Popular Mechanics, 23 June 2020
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • Signify works with a group of doctors to facilitate house calls.
    Laura Cooper, WSJ, 2 Sep. 2022
  • Waters said paramedics cut off part of the shaft to facilitate transportation to a hospital.
    Martin Weil, The Seattle Times, 23 July 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
  • Health-care providers set up testing centers around the country to facilitate the process.
    Washington Post, 12 Jan. 2022
  • Why is the mobile phone show full of other devices that facilitate working and playing from home?
    Adam Speight, Wired, 1 Mar. 2022
  • Tinder isn't the first dating app to facilitate video chatting.
    Michelle Santiago Cortés, refinery29.com, 8 July 2020
  • These people may or may not have training to facilitate this kind of gathering.
    Brittany Risher, SELF, 14 Feb. 2019
  • Some even joined conflicts to facilitate their own defeat.
    Mike Mariani, vanityfair.com, 28 Mar. 2017

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