Verb (used with object), : Careful planning facilitates any kind of work.    From Dictionary.com. 

While Galo was relieved to talk to his mother on a phone call facilitated by the congressman, she had grim news.    From Wordnik.com.  [MailTribune.com Latest Headlines] Reference

He said the talks would be "facilitated" - as opposed to mediated - by a Nigerian diplomat and a South African politician.    From Wordnik.com.  [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference

Carlotta's happy recollection of his surname facilitated the search.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Morals of Marcus Ordeyne : a Novel] Reference

This is a hoax, as are most cases of so-called facilitated communication.    From Wordnik.com.  [When stupid people blog ... yadda yadda yadda ... Blogging Tory.] Reference

This technique, called facilitated communication, has been discredited for years.    From Wordnik.com.  [Livescience.com] Reference

His conclusions follow a study to test the validity of so-called facilitated communication.    From Wordnik.com.  [BBC News | News Front Page | World Edition] Reference

The technique of having someone point your finger to a keyboard is called facilitated communication.    From Wordnik.com.  [Newsvine - Get Smarter Here] Reference

The election of four directors to staggered terms facilitated a previously announced reduction in board size from 10 to nine members.    From Wordnik.com. Reference

Laureys says the man's family and other doctors brought in a speech therapist to assist Houben with what's called facilitated communication.    From Wordnik.com.  [KansasCity.com: Front Page] Reference

The technique used with Houben is called facilitated communication, where the subject guides the hand of a speech therapist typing the results.    From Wordnik.com.  [Drudge Retort] Reference

Some are pores that allow molecules of certain types to flow across the membrane at a controlled rate through a process called facilitated diffusion.    From Wordnik.com.  [Scientific Blogging] Reference

But repeated tests with Mr Houben have since failed and experts have likened the technique known as facilitated communication to using a "Ouija board".    From Wordnik.com.  [Telegraph.co.uk: news, business, sport, the Daily Telegraph newspaper, Sunday Telegraph] Reference

Then I met a speech therapist, Anne Emerson, who used a system called facilitated communication, the same system that Rom Houben is using to communicate.    From Wordnik.com.  [Latest news from the public and voluntary sectors, including health, children, local government and social care, plus SocietyGuardian jobs | guardian.co.uk] Reference

THOMPSON: Yes, actually, George kind of facilitated the meeting.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Aug 12, 2005] Reference

Ivy also "facilitated" investments from fund managers to Mr. Madoff's firm, the suit said.    From Wordnik.com.  [Madoff Fallout Ensnares Ivy, Former Officers] Reference

(DMI) "facilitated" a salary for Themba Khoza from funds set aside to implement anti-ANC operations.    From Wordnik.com.  [STATEMENT ON THEMBA KHOZA] Reference

Also, families should beware of bandwagon treatments such as facilitated communication, which do little but break the hearts of parents.    From Wordnik.com.  [THE RISE OF A RELIGION] Reference

Myeni, and that the SADF's Department of Military Intelligence (DMI) "facilitated" a salary for Themba Khoza from funds set aside to implement anti-ANC operations.    From Wordnik.com.  [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference

Of course no illegal activity has ever been "facilitated" by Ebay.    From Wordnik.com.  [Boing Boing] Reference

No-one, except the most ardent neo-con, suggests that Syria has "facilitated" the passage of militants into Iraq.    From Wordnik.com.  [iToot Stream] Reference

Local business leaders said Karzai's administration has "facilitated" their success by keeping taxes low and offering other incentives.    From Wordnik.com.  [Redskins Insider Podcast -- The Washington Post] Reference

Sounds much better than what those incompetent government workers are teaching today …. revnhoj: I 'facilitated' an on-line course in government one year.    From Wordnik.com.  [News for Richmond Times-Dispatch] Reference

It's called facilitated communication.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Oct 28, 2006] Reference

"facilitated" the summit, Ban distanced himself the talks - and the blame - in case of a protracted fight between rich and poor countries.    From Wordnik.com.  [Scout.com > SuperPrep.com] Reference

They also facilitated a visit to the Holocaust Museum.    From Wordnik.com.  [Saddam’s Unrepentant Judge] Reference

But we cleared the city in Haditha and facilitated elections.    From Wordnik.com.  ['It's People Dying for No Benefit'] Reference

He facilitated the Hizbullah attacks, but wound up embraced as a peacemaker.    From Wordnik.com.  [Mr. Assad's Neighborhood] Reference

Perhaps an apt question would be: how can fulfillment and enrichment be facilitated throughout one's life?.    From Wordnik.com.  [MAIL CALL] Reference

He said that offenders could be confronted with the victims of their crime in meetings facilitated by police officers.    From Wordnik.com.  [Prisons minister says criminals could cut jail sentences by saying 'sorry'] Reference

Through the much-maligned keyboard technique of “facilitated communication,” they help DJ make his first forays into language.    From Wordnik.com.  [Home Is Where The Heart Is] Reference

The Phraselator, which has also facilitated intelligence gathering and medical treatment in Iraq, may become standard for all GIs.    From Wordnik.com.  [High Tech: Arabic For Jarheads] Reference

Other times I simply tell them the defendants put themselves in the penitentiary and I facilitated their exodus from the community.    From Wordnik.com.  [I Am Not the Enemy] Reference

It's facilitated by avaricious agencies, perpetuated by accountability-free parents and made possible by self-loathing nerds like me.    From Wordnik.com.  ['TUTORING' RICH KIDS COST ME MY DREAMS] Reference

We knew with mathematical certainty that it facilitated browsing between different sections like entertainment and sports and business.    From Wordnik.com.  [Leading the Way] Reference