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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 program is designed to help students “acclimate to the demands of college and allow intrinsic motivations to guide personally meaningful academic journeys,” the school said.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 11, 2026

Emily Davison says soaring temperatures force her to put the welfare of her guide dog, Rosie, before her own independence.

From BBC Aug. 11, 2026

The Trailblazers will play in the Mission League along with Harvard-Westlake, which has hired professional flag player and prominent club coach Asha Prithiraj to guide the Wolverines through their inaugural season.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 9, 2026

At just 20 years old, Nomark offers his 500,000 Instagram followers a how-to guide for rendering the cameras useless, raising awareness about the devices.

From Barron's Aug. 9, 2026

Finally they wound up toward the back of the lab at what the guide called the Zone of Mistakes.

From "Boy 2.0" by Tracey Baptiste

Their fellow guides say their deaths deal a devastating blow to Nepal's mountaineering community.

From BBC Aug. 4, 2026

Users create maps, fictional diary entries, survival guides, found-footage videos and first-person explorations that collectively expand the world.

From Science Daily Jul. 26, 2026

Three city guides then told the story of Glasgow, using staging inspired by Scotland's pioneering textile industry and the River Clyde's shipbuilding heritage.

From BBC Jul. 23, 2026

“We are committed to welcoming fans from every background and treating everyone with respect, and that’s what guides us as an organization.”

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 23, 2026

The walking tour guides one through the city's various landmarks, reciting bits of information the listener might find enlightening.

From "Me Talk Pretty One Day" by David Sedaris

Apparel maker On Holding saw its shares slump in premarket trade as the Zurich-headquartered, U.S.-listed company guided to weaker-than-expected sales for the year.

From MarketWatch Aug. 11, 2026

And it was former Oregon and Chargers cornerback Nikko Reed who stepped up to the plate and guided Pleasant through his first two years of Power Four football.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 9, 2026

"By enabling heat to be guided, focused and redistributed with nanoscale precision at room temperature, the discovery establishes a foundation for quantum thermal engineering."

From Science Daily Aug. 7, 2026

Management guided for between $2.055 and $2.085 billion in revenue for the third quarter, while Wall Street analysts were looking for $2.074 billion.

From MarketWatch Aug. 6, 2026

Moss rushed to her side, guided her to the couch.

From "Anger Is a Gift" by Mark Oshiro

"Together they're a really good guiding force, but you do see them like family, like second parents," says Hunter Bell.

From BBC Aug. 10, 2026

Under the law, each state can create its own guiding principles on how to oversee its coast, and federal officials must honor this state coastal management plan once it’s certified.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 7, 2026

Previously Datadog was guiding for revenue of between $4.3 billion and $4.34 billion and adjusted earnings per share of between $2.36 and $2.44.

From MarketWatch Aug. 6, 2026

Instead, the e-commerce platform is guiding for revenue to grow at a low-thirties percentage rate in the third quarter, which tops Wall Street consensus of about 27% after beating second-quarter expectations.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 5, 2026

Minutes later, a red-haired policeman opens my cell, guiding me, not gently, into the lobby.

From "Black Brother, Black Brother" by Jewell Parker Rhodes




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