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guide

[gahyd] / gaɪd /




Usage

What are other ways to say guide? The verb guide implies continuous presence or agency in showing or indicating a course: to guide a traveler. To conduct is to precede or escort to a place, sometimes with a degree of ceremony: to conduct a guest to his room. To direct is to give information for guidance, or instructions or orders for a course of procedure: to direct someone to the station. To lead is to bring onward in a course, guiding by contact or by going in advance; hence, figuratively, to influence or induce to some course of conduct: to lead a procession; to lead astray.

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Mr. Ocker spends considerable time with this knowledgeable guide, who displays weary tolerance toward the day-trippers who foray into his territory.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 28, 2026

“They are the ones who are going to guide us forward,” the 95-year-old told a crowd, which stood under a scorching sun for the groundbreaking.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 28, 2026

Dykes was joined on his trek by local guide Obed Temba Tuyumvire as well as videographer Will Perez, who has been helping chart the journey with regular social media posts.

From BBC ● Oct. 27, 2026

Blood tests matter not only to confirm iron deficiency, Provan and Sesay said, but to establish the cause and guide treatment.

From BBC ● Oct. 26, 2026

“I went to the library at Elmers School and consulted the Burke’s guide for information.”

From "The Bletchley Riddle" by Ruta Sepetys and Steve Sheinkin

"A practical framework that guides our cooperation over the next several years. I will note a critically important next several years."

From Barron's ● Oct. 28, 2026

Der Dutchman, Miller’s Smorgasbord and Shady Maple Smorgasbord have routinely been named among the best buffets in the U.S. in consumer polls and travel guides.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 25, 2026

Their unusual behavior has appeared in field guides and was previously documented during a field observation, but scientists had not fully understood the movements that made it possible.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 24, 2026

He turned to Noah Davis, Henry Taylor, Lauren Halsey, Mark Bradford — who co-founded Art + Practice — and others he considers “masters in every way,” as his guides from the past into today.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 21, 2026

Then she swipes the door open and guides me in.

From "Warcross" by Marie Lu

The host was once positioned as an irreverent comedian whose political satire was guided by his no-BS take on Capitol Hill and American culture.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 28, 2026

For the calendar year, FedEx guided for revenue to grow around 12% year over year, up from a prior view for roughly 11%.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 28, 2026

Also go for: Weekend après parties at Canyon Lodge bring DJs to the slopes, while off-mountain excursions range from guided snowmobile tours to tubing at Woolly’s Adventure Summit, a family-friendly amusement park.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026

Dr. Leslie S. Prichep, chief scientific officer at Wave Neuroscience, sees the FDA clearance as an important step toward treatment decisions guided by objective measurements of brain function.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 23, 2026

I put an arm beneath her shoulder and guided her through the dining room and up the stairs.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom

"The event team continually assessed the mountain weather forecast in the build-up to and throughout the event, with competitor safety guiding every decision," they added.

From BBC ● Oct. 26, 2026

But wait — he has no soul, just wires, processors, fluid and whatnot, plus a set of AI personas guiding his interactions with the human world.

From Salon ● Oct. 23, 2026

For 2026, the company is guiding for sales growth excluding currency movements in the mid-single-digit range.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2026

But still, “the spirits are guiding Yamel, helping her make sense of the world, because she’s treading in patterns that have been playing out for centuries.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 21, 2026

He had a knack for pulling together a group of artistic people, guiding them in staging a play, raising money, and managing the finances.

From "Spooked!" by Gail Jarrow


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