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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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Unsmiling, rigid, angry and barking like a drill sergeant, Mr. Strong lets caricature guide his performance.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026

If history is any guide, most of them are likely to lose.

From Salon ● Oct. 7, 2026

Having succeeded Mithali Raj as T20 captain in 2016, Harmanpreet assumed charge across all formats in 2022 and went on to guide India to some of the greatest successes in its history.

From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026

The Office of Violence Prevention would be required to develop a plan for a “peer navigator model” to guide survivors through the restraining order system.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2026

‘If he’s the guide, then where is he?’

From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver

Slate’s three decades have seen countless beginner’s guides, staff recommendations, tabulations of game-night commercials, and “Completist” roundups of everything from Pepperidge Farm cookies to Super Bowls.

From Slate ● Oct. 7, 2026

These trained guides work with patients and healthcare teams to connect people with medical care, services, and other resources.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 6, 2026

"In psychiatry it's been a problem, and optogenetics has started to address that because we can say, 'these cells are too active' or 'not active enough,' and that guides us in a very powerful way."

From Barron's ● Oct. 6, 2026

The Reference Manual on Scientific Evidence, which guides federal judges in weighing expert testimony, was recently revised by the Federal Judicial Center and the National Academies.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2026

She lets me lean on her as she guides me the few steps to the shower.

From "Internment" by Samira Ahmed

It offers only guided tours to small groups by prior arrangement.

From Barron's ● Oct. 7, 2026

Today’s networked world offers jammers more targets than ever, from cellphones and satellite navigation systems to a plethora of new guided weapons and drones, as well as traditional radio and radar.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026

“Any decisions we make will be guided by what is in the best interests of both current and future students.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2026

It also means erasing the construct of Hal’s consciousness that has guided John since his mentor died.

From Salon ● Oct. 5, 2026

The force that drove Newton’s apple from the branch to his head was the same force that guided planets along their celestial orbits.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee

Bronson’s aggrieved architect in the classic “Death Wish” films didn’t have a guiding philosophy.

From Salon ● Oct. 7, 2026

He has already won silverware in his time with the Hatters, guiding them to the EFL Trophy, beating Stockport County 3-1 at Wembley in April in front of a crowd of nearly 50,000.

From BBC ● Oct. 3, 2026

“Current law says that the guiding principle for the management of the forests is maximum sustained production of high-quality wood products,” he told The Times.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 23, 2026

But a guiding factor for courts in determining which standard applies is how useful the industry is to society.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 22, 2026

We see photos of Guardians guiding runaways through woods.

From "The Manifestor Prophecy" by Angie Thomas




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