lead
Usage
What are other ways to say lead?
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. Guide implies continuous presence or agency in showing or indicating a course: to guide a traveler. To conduct is to precede or escort them 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.
Example Sentences
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Bugs that let hackers gain remote control of internet-facing systems are becoming commonplace, said Matt Suiche, AI cybersecurity lead at security firm Tolmo.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 4, 2026
Asda has appointed a former Morrisons boss as chief executive to help lead revival efforts at the supermarket chain.
From BBC ● Nov. 3, 2026
The team cited charts illustrating that temperature anomalies lead world food prices by about 12 months.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 3, 2026
The Lakers threw away a 25-point second-quarter lead on Oct.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 3, 2026
So I let him lead the way, and ignore the voice inside me that’s always looking for problems where there aren’t any.
From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam
Talks between the crossborder trading partners on a tariff deal unexpectedly collapsed in August, leading to renewed tension between the U.S. and Canada—through the imposition of hefty tariffs on billions of dollars of goods.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 3, 2026
The DP World Tour offers a pathway and the leading 10 players currently gain access to PGA Tour membership.
From BBC ● Nov. 3, 2026
Doncic, the NBA’s leading scorer at 38.3 points per game, does his damage early.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 3, 2026
The question now is if any of it will matter, especially in light of a New York Times/Siena poll taken before Stevens’ move that showed El-Sayed leading Rogers by 11 points.
From Salon ● Nov. 3, 2026
Ida dragged me through a small corridor leading to another room, but Hadel barred the doorway with her walking stick.
From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff
Cut open defensively throughout by Slovenia, placed nine spots below Scotland in the world rankings, a sobering second-half showing led to questions about approach, systems and squad make-up.
From BBC ● Nov. 3, 2026
Only about half of all searches led to a click outside the search engine, Elliott said.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 3, 2026
The conflict, which started in February, has led to the near total closure of key oil and gas trade route the Strait of Hormuz, pushing up airline fuel costs as well as fares.
From Barron's ● Nov. 3, 2026
Those chats led researchers to an unsecured drive where an A7 developer had left thousands of files exposed to the public internet.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 3, 2026
She took Mutti by the arm and led her into the hallway.
From "An Elephant in the Garden" by Michael Morpurgo
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