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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“Warsh suggested policymakers should follow the bond market rather than lead it, and the bond market’s response was to punch him in the face.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026
Paul Foster, the NCA's cyber prevention lead, says hacking has become "more of a problem"
From BBC ● Jul. 31, 2026
Many other states are also pushing for a woman to lead the UN for the first time.
From Barron's ● Jul. 30, 2026
Following his own curiosity will inevitably lead him to become his own man.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 30, 2026
I scold him as I reattach his lead.
From "Code Name Kingfisher" by Liz Kessler
City's World Cup contingent featured for several of the tournament's leading nations.
From BBC ● Jul. 31, 2026
Renowned Nepali mountaineer Nirmal Purja is among 10 people missing after an avalanche in northern Pakistan where he was leading a climbing expedition, the country's alpine club said.
From Barron's ● Jul. 31, 2026
South Korean stocks surged Friday morning on renewed enthusiasm over spending related to the artificial-intelligence boom, leading the region’s equity markets higher, while the yen weakened, giving up some of its sharp gains overnight.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026
Many of football's leading players have now experienced three consecutive summers of major tournaments, following Euro 2024 and Copa America, then last year's expanded Club World Cup and now the World Cup.
From BBC ● Jul. 31, 2026
Then the bison all turned and regarded the four-wheel-drive road leading to a dust storm in the distance.
From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith
This led to her second suspension in July 2025 and since then she has been sitting as an independent MP.
From BBC ● Jul. 30, 2026
Though officials originally intended that fee to apply to all H-1B visas, widespread opposition from tech giants led the administration to narrow it to foreign recruits seeking to come to America.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 30, 2026
Cook has led the company since 2011, taking over shortly before the death of co-founder Steve Jobs.
From Barron's ● Jul. 30, 2026
They flew out of the blocks, led by the evergreen Martin Boyle, and had wiped out the two-goal deficit within 15 minutes.
From BBC ● Jul. 30, 2026
Howling and struggling, I was led away from the world I knew into a bigger, stranger, harder one.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
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