facilitate
verb (used with object)
to make easier or less difficult; help forward (an action, a process, etc.).
was facilitating
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past progressiveof facilitate.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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Indiana acknowledged that Planned Parenthood was facilitating legal abortions.
From Slate ● Aug. 28, 2026
The WHO said it was "facilitating coordination" between national authorities and the ship's operators to organise the medical evacuation of two passengers with symptoms.
From Barron's ● May 3, 2026
"But we knew in order to really uncover its potential, we needed to prove its healing properties and uncover how exactly it was facilitating healing."
From Science Daily ● Dec. 7, 2025
Though Rebecca had a private lawyer and an education advocate, an OCR lawyer in the Cleveland office was facilitating mediation with the school district as soon as April.
From BBC ● Mar. 20, 2025
Meanwhile the success of the Scientific Sermons was facilitating his family relations.
From The Descent of Man and Other Stories by Edith Wharton
