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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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GPS satellites transmit signals that guide “smart bombs” to their targets, connect communications networks, even tell troops on the ground and ships at sea exactly where they are.

From Slate Sep. 17, 2026

The summit has been called to consider whether a "shared set of principles" can be developed to "help guide the future application" of AI.

From BBC Sep. 17, 2026

Now, it is serendipity and improvisation that guide them.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 17, 2026

Where, literally, would Angelenos be without the flying eyes that guide us to our destinations through our traffic mangles and bring us close to mayhem, riot and fire?

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 16, 2026

“Plenty of sense, by God, plenty of sense,” said Samir, grabbing the straps of Rostam’s harness and the pack mule’s lead to guide them across the desert pool.

From "The Many Assassinations of Samir, the Seller of Dreams" by Daniel Nayeri

One of our Kenyan guides tells me there’s a nonzero risk of my being eaten while rolling calls in the bush.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 15, 2026

The local Shizuoka government and official mountain guides posted video clips and photos from the mountain Thursday morning, showing access roads and gravel trails covered with dense mist and rain.

From Barron's Sep. 10, 2026

Original production art by Ralph McQuarrie and Doug Chiang guides visitors into the space, which gives equal treatment to the original trilogy and the three prequels.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 8, 2026

And if you need help keeping straight your behemoths, bonnacons and other mythical creatures, interior art by Ashley Mackenzie, as well as a bestiary illustrated by Virginia Allyn, serve as helpful guides.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 2, 2026

My guides lead me into a narrow corridor with a ceiling that gradually slopes higher and higher.

From "Warcross" by Marie Lu

Lienhard, who has guided teams to five City Section championships, said he was thankful to his players, their parents and community members for their support.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 15, 2026

At Chizay, dozens of Ukrainian tourists recently joined a guided tour and tasting.

From Barron's Sep. 15, 2026

After engineering the stem cells, the researchers guided them to develop into mature T cells in the laboratory.

From Science Daily Sep. 11, 2026

Farke, who guided Leeds to a 14th-placed finish in the Premier League and an FA Cup semi-final last season after winning promotion in 2024-25, is in the final year of his current deal.

From BBC Sep. 11, 2026

I put an arm beneath her shoulder and guided her through the dining room and up the stairs.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom

Yeti also backed the fiscal 2026 outlook it provided last month, guiding for sales growth of 7% to 8% on adjusted earnings per share of $2.94 to $3 for this year.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 17, 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

Creating and controlling the required quantum states has traditionally involved guiding a quantum system through thousands of repeated driving cycles.

From Science Daily Sep. 11, 2026

“That’s a huge compass for me, or a guiding measurement — being where my feet are,” said McDaniel, Yale-educated offensive coordinator of the Chargers.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 7, 2026

For Vincent, God is ever present, guiding him in all ways, helping him do what is right.

From "Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers" by Deborah Heiligman




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