well-conducted
Britishadjective
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(of research, business, an operation, etc) led, conducted, or carried out in a satisfactory manner
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(of a person or animal) behaving in a satisfactory manner
well-conducted, tidy creatures
Example Sentences
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Overall, we need larger, well-conducted studies to understand which therapies work and for whom they work best.
From Washington Post • Dec. 22, 2022
Moreover, these kinds of fires provide ecological benefits to the forest that even well-conducted thinning does not, such as restoring nutrients to the soil.
From Slate • Nov. 30, 2021
The work is an “important, well-conducted study,” says ecotoxicologist Barnett Rattner of the U.S.
From Science Magazine • Sep. 7, 2021
“And of course that’s not true. And that’s why you need to do a well-conducted, randomized, placebo-controlled study if you want to show anything.”
From New York Times • May 12, 2020
“A good man. Does that mean a respectable well-conducted man of fifty? Or what does it mean?”
From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë
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