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usher

[uhsh-er] / ˈʌʃ ər /




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In some cases, the need to usher superannuated politicians out the door is indisputable.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 18, 2026

The hottest conditions will be concentrated on Wednesday before a weather front moving through on Thursday will usher in fresher air, bringing a noticeable change in feel.

From BBC Jul. 28, 2026

Celebrities like Emma Grede have helped usher this parenting style into the broader culture.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 18, 2026

Over a century ago, when the Supreme Court helped usher in Jim Crow, Justice John Marshall Harlan took his colleagues to task for betraying the promise of Reconstruction.

From Slate Jul. 8, 2026

Effie comes in to usher me to some kind of meeting.

From "Mockingjay" by Suzanne Collins

The couple went from gate to gate, Knight said, asking ushers and staff where the new section was.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 11, 2026

Mextly Couzin’s lighting ushers in old-fashioned Broadway pizzazz when needed.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 15, 2026

The formal declaration of Fujimori's win brings one of Peru's tightest leadership contests of all time to a close and ushers in the Andean nation's ninth president in a decade.

From Barron's Jul. 3, 2026

Political analyst Dr Levy Ndou said Hill-Lewis' election, alongside other young leaders in the party, "ushers in a new era" and could be a "very good thing" for the organisation.

From BBC Apr. 13, 2026

He ushers him in, his finger to his lips, signaling for quiet.

From "The Boy Who Dared" by Susan Campbell Bartoletti

But in Indianapolis, Goldthorpe kept himself out of public view, even ushered out of a side door of the clubhouse to avoid media huddled by the front entrance.

From BBC Aug. 21, 2026

In recent years, the LSE, alongside the U.K.’s finance and markets regulators, has ushered in a suite of rule changes in an effort to turn the beleaguered bourse around.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 10, 2026

Elsewhere in the fenced-off city, Spanish soldiers ushered hundreds of other migrants, mostly young men and youths, through Ceuta's palm-lined streets to the border to return to Morocco.

From Barron's Aug. 1, 2026

The Jim Crow Era ushered in a new kind of slavery but eventually galvanized Congress to establish some of its most impactful legislation, in the VRA and the Civil Rights Act.

From Slate Jul. 27, 2026

But she came on in and Mr. Flournoy ushered her forward.

From "Cold Sassy Tree" by Olive Ann Burns

He’s uniquely responsible for ushering in an age of barbarism and will spend the rest of his life making amends in the fallen world he helped create.

From Salon Jul. 21, 2026

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer faces calls for his departure from over 80 Labour Party lawmakers, potentially ushering in the U.K.’s sixth prime minister in seven years.

From The Wall Street Journal May 12, 2026

Sweltering weather will descend on much of California over the next few days, possibly ushering in temperatures deeper into the triple digits earlier than ever for some areas.

From Los Angeles Times May 8, 2026

Every Friday night, Derek and many other Jews across the world mark the end of the week by ushering in the start of the Jewish sabbath - Shabbat.

From BBC May 2, 2026

He came around and opened the van door on my side, ushering me inside.

From "Three Little Words: A Memoir" by Ashley Rhodes-Courter




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