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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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According to the researchers, the findings provide new clues about how tirzepatide works and could help guide the development of broader treatments for obesity and other metabolic disorders.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 26, 2026

Professor Biao Xiang has become an unlikely guide for an increasingly disillusioned generation.

From BBC ● Sep. 26, 2026

In order to guide the Gators back to the top of college football, he first needed to make the Gators stronger—by more than 7 tons.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026

His chatty, conversational guide, “A Short History of Hampton Court,” was in part aimed at the tourists who discovered the palace after Queen Victoria opened it to visitors in 1838.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026

I was tired of knitting with only the light from the hearth to guide my stitches.

From "Nory Ryan’s Song" by Patricia Reilly Giff

But officials at the Kenya Wildlife Service—which manages the park—and local guides say they haven’t spotted any safari vehicles they know to be part of the Uber project.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 27, 2026

Local guides worry that Uber will disrupt the safari industry, drive down prices and take business away from traditional operators.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 27, 2026

The climb's organisers said the local guides were at a staging point close to the Himlung Himal peak in Manang district when the avalanche struck.

From BBC ● Sep. 27, 2026

Now Uber says it has removed its familiar branding from the sides of its four-wheel drive vehicles to avoid provoking a fight with the traditional guides.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 27, 2026

He guides us through the crowded platform to the train to make sure we get on safely.

From "Born Behind Bars" by Padma Venkatraman

Everpure guided for FY28 revenue about 10% higher than consensus and operating income around 40% higher, assuming no new hyperscale customers beyond the two already doing business with the company.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026

He’s guided his clubs through the pandemic, film industry strikes, ICE raids and more.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 2026

A very thin tube called a catheter is then guided through the femoral artery using X-ray imaging and contrast dye, which allows the doctors to see the blood vessels clearly.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 22, 2026

It is on display in Lady Grey's study, a room open to the public for guided tours which features a number of figures from the Northern Ireland peace process.

From BBC ● Sep. 21, 2026

She dipped her head to take the burden he guided onto her broad back and felt clutching hands on her mane.

From "Rowan of Rin" by Emily Rodda

"It's been a guiding light, in some ways, the limitations of the band," he explains.

From BBC ● Sep. 25, 2026

“Current law says that the guiding principle for the management of the forests is maximum sustained production of high-quality wood products,” he told The Times.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 23, 2026

But this fall, “one nice thing” has become something of a guiding star.

From Salon ● Sep. 22, 2026

At its founding in 2015, OpenAI was structured to ensure that researchers, and not investors, would have the final say on how the technology was deployed, with safety for humanity the guiding philosophy.

From Barron's ● Sep. 15, 2026

And then, too, she remembered Ruthie’s hands on her shoulders, guiding her back to the room, where Louisiana was alive and breathing and a cat was curled up at her feet, sleeping.

From "Raymie Nightingale" by Kate DiCamillo




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