FACILITATED Synonyms: 36 Similar and Opposite Words

facilitated

verb

past tense of facilitate

as in accelerated

to free from obstruction or difficulty several religious organizations are involved in the effort to facilitate the settlement of the immigrants arriving in the area

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Recent Examples of facilitated Commerce facilitated Jewish integration into white, Protestant society. — Ashley Walters, The Conversation, 30 Sep. 2026 Sports consulting firm Elevate, which is part-owned by HBSE, facilitated the relationship between Bloom and the Sixers. — Kurt Badenhausen, Sportico.com, 28 Sep. 2026 The design of the blackjack game, by contrast, facilitated betting big and chasing losses. — Jake Pearson, ProPublica, 26 Sep. 2026 But after a stint in the minors with the Chicago White Sox organization at age 31 — facilitated by Bulls owner Jerry Reinsdorf, who also owned the MLB franchise — the star guard returned to his first love. — Anna Lazarus Caplan, PEOPLE, 25 Sep. 2026 And without oversight from Washington, DC, an increasing number of states are looking to take action as experts fear a wave of gambling addiction, facilitated by a surge in interest for betting on platforms like Kalshi and Polymarket. — Victor Tangermann, Futurism, 24 Sep. 2026 Many decades later, her structural virology work facilitated the development of Covid-19 vaccines. — Max Goldbart, Deadline, 23 Sep. 2026 Oil flows in the Strait of Hormuz need to be facilitated by Iran, and AI is a global phenomenon. — Lim Hui Jie, CNBC, 23 Sep. 2026 Oman has long played a quiet role in US-Iran diplomacy, while Qatar has facilitated backchannel negotiations and prisoner exchanges. — Lauren Morganbesser, semafor.com, 22 Sep. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for facilitated

Verb

That trend accelerated after China joined the World Trade Organization.

— ABC News, ABC News, 3 Oct. 2026
New data showed that growth accelerated faster than expected in the second quarter.

— Ramesh Ponnuru, Washington Post, 2 Oct. 2026

Definition of accelerated

Verb

Although the food situation has improved since last year’s famine, Israel continues to restrict humanitarian aid, allowing only a fraction of the daily 600 truckloads required in the cease-fire deal to enter the territory.

— KHALED ELGINDY, Foreign Affairs, 8 Oct. 2026
OpenAI also did not include full prompts or run-time details for how their agents uncovered the proofs, and officials admitted in a blog post about the results that citations and written descriptions of findings could be improved in future releases.

— Joseph Howlett, Scientific American, 8 Oct. 2026

Definition of improved

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As one of only five dancers throughout Dancing With the Stars‘ history to be promoted from troupe to pro after just one season, Hailey Bills has every right to brag.

— McKinley Franklin, HollywoodReporter, 2 Oct. 2026
There are no straightforward steps like in the days when a diligent worker could land a job at a good company, work hard to get promoted and hope to climb the corporate ladder.

— Julia Carpenter, Washington Post, 2 Oct. 2026

Definition of promoted

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After 40 minutes, once the rain eased sufficiently, a call was made to get going, with a damp track offering the first wet racing of the year.

— Luke Smith, New York Times, 4 Oct. 2026
Those figures describe an economy that is still growing, but one that has neither eased price anxiety nor produced strong hiring.

— Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 3 Oct. 2026

Definition of eased

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Grayscale, minimalist launchers, app blockers and simplified home screens all help.

— Ashley Lynch, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 22 Sep. 2026
Emmie Finckel’s scenic design, like the musical itself, overdetails what could work more effectively if simplified.

— Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 18 Sep. 2026

Definition of simplified

Verb

She was assisted by corrections officers in exiting the witness room.

— JAMIE STENGLE, Arkansas Online, 8 Oct. 2026
During a virtual walk-through of the exhibition, Alexandra Foradas, the museum’s curator of modern and contemporary art who assisted Moore Saggese in realizing the show in New Jersey, provided a useful way of thinking about what Basquiat was doing.

— Daniel Cassady, ARTnews.com, 7 Oct. 2026

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