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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“My constituents shouldn’t have to walk back into homes with lead and asbestos because an insurance company won’t pay for the test that would prove it’s there,” she added.
From Los Angeles Times β Sep. 10, 2026
Superluminal Medicines, a Boston-based biotechnology startup whose lead program seeks to treat rare genetic forms of obesity and hypothalamic obesity, completed a $60 million Series B round.
From The Wall Street Journal β Sep. 10, 2026
In the second episode, when Alice asks Rebecca if she’d ever considered her for the lead coach job, Rebecca curtly answers no.
From Salon β Sep. 10, 2026
The way they extended their lead on the second day was an example of a more mature approach.
From BBC β Sep. 10, 2026
By 1860, roughly two years after their marriage, Daniel allowed Leah to lead a few private séances once again.
From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock
Amanda Aragon Bernabe of NewMexicoKidsCAN, a leading advocate for the reforms, said the biggest victories involve laws requiring schools to test young children for reading progress and to notify parents of the results.
From The Wall Street Journal β Sep. 10, 2026
"We will work with the co-ordination and responsibility required to prevent them from leading to another disaster."
From BBC β Sep. 10, 2026
You don’t need a map to see that this is leading nowhere good.
From Salon β Sep. 10, 2026
Now the Dodgers are without Freeman, the team’s leading hitter with a .297 average.
From Los Angeles Times β Sep. 10, 2026
“It took about ten years to build,” Callaway said, leading the way down the hallway.
From "Glitch" by Laura Martin
As a coach, he led the Adirondack Red Wings to the American Hockey League Calder Cup championship in 1992.
From Los Angeles Times β Sep. 10, 2026
The Boring Company on Thursday said it had closed a Series D financing round led by the United Arab Emirates and its affiliates that values the company at $23 billion.
From MarketWatch β Sep. 10, 2026
But while that development made international headlines, it was the Haaretz story that led the news in a country getting ready for elections.
From BBC β Sep. 10, 2026
The firmer reading was led by higher diesel fuel prices.
From Barron's β Sep. 10, 2026
I took the narrow twisting road that circled Maidin Bay and led toward home.
From "Nory Ryanβs Song" by Patricia Reilly Giff
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