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  • verb Present participle of conduct.

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  • noun the way of administering a business
  • noun the direction of an orchestra or choir

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Examples

  • I wonder how much was spent in conducting the poll, analysing the information and producing leaflets to provide these particular pearls of wisdom?

    How to avoid the financial crisis Maxine 2009

  • I wonder how much was spent in conducting the poll, analysing the information and producing leaflets to provide these particular pearls of wisdom?

    January 2009 Maxine 2009

  • The U.S. offshore drilling agency will begin conducting surprise inspections on oil rigs as part of a new aggressive enforcement effort adopted by the Obama administration since the BP oil spill, the agency's head said on Thursday.

    U.S. Bureau Of Ocean Energy Management To Conduct Surprise Oil Rig Inspections Yahoo! News 2010

  • I wonder how much was spent in conducting the poll, analysing the information and producing leaflets to provide these particular pearls of wisdom?

    How to avoid the financial crisis Maxine 2009

  • Oh! when will my guiding spirit, in conducting me to the daemon, allow me the rest I so much desire; or must I die, and he yet live?

    Chapter 24 2010

  • The U.S. offshore drilling agency will begin conducting surprise inspections on oil rigs as part of a new aggressive enforcement effort adopted by the Obama ...

    U.S. Bureau Of Ocean Energy Management To Conduct Surprise Oil Rig Inspections Yahoo! News 2010

  • If this was the logic the police/school used in conducting its search, I suspect the 9th Circuit or the Supremes will express an opposing viewpoint.

    No-Tolerance Policy Extends Off Campus 2009

  • They have no bearing whatsoever upon the case; and, further, none of the men of this meeting are clean enough to be prompted by the right motive in conducting such an inquiry.

    CHAPTER 28 2010

  • If this was the logic the police/school used in conducting its search, I suspect the 9th Circuit or the Supremes will express an opposing viewpoint.

    No-Tolerance Policy Extends Off Campus 2009

  • Perhaps we have been too abstract in conducting our business.

    The Minions of Midas 2010

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