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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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The spokesperson added that "as conversations around younger consumers and skincare continue to evolve", they are continually enhancing "the quality of advice provided by our beauty consultants to better support and guide all our consumers".

From BBC • Jun. 6, 2026

If history is any guide, the resultant portfolio would have a similar risk profile as one fully invested in either of these low-volatility portfolios, but perform less well.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 6, 2026

Indeed, none of Apple’s advantages will matter if Apple can’t deliver competent AI to guide iPhone users through this new world.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026

In much the same way electronic chips direct electrical signals, photonic chips guide and process light.

From Science Daily • Jun. 4, 2026

Typically when they entered a new market—because they’d found some potential accident waiting to happen that seemed worth betting on—they found an expert to serve as a jungle guide.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis




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