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guide

[gahyd] / gaɪd /




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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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Blood tests matter not only to confirm iron deficiency, Provan and Sesay said, but to establish the cause and guide treatment.

From BBC ● Oct. 26, 2026

The experiments showed that the device could guide heat around the hidden region while preserving the surrounding temperature pattern.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 26, 2026

Boston’s Logan International Airport is holding a contest for a “voice that feels like home” to greet and guide travelers.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 26, 2026

If the same left-right differences are found in people, the discovery could help guide more personalized treatments for arrhythmias, difficult-to-treat angina, and stress-induced 'broken-heart' syndrome.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 26, 2026

Unlike most young people in fairy tales, she had both her mother and father to guide her.

From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood

"A practical framework that guides our cooperation over the next several years. I will note a critically important next several years."

From Barron's ● Oct. 28, 2026

Der Dutchman, Miller’s Smorgasbord and Shady Maple Smorgasbord have routinely been named among the best buffets in the U.S. in consumer polls and travel guides.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 25, 2026

He turned to Noah Davis, Henry Taylor, Lauren Halsey, Mark Bradford — who co-founded Art + Practice — and others he considers “masters in every way,” as his guides from the past into today.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 21, 2026

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From Salon ● Oct. 20, 2026

If Maman were here, she would tell me to pluck flower petals to help me create perfect natural shades, and ignore Du Barry's extensive color guides.

From "The Belles" by Dhonielle Clayton

For the current fourth quarter, PayPal guided for adjusted earnings of around $1.43 a share.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 27, 2026

Dr. Leslie S. Prichep, chief scientific officer at Wave Neuroscience, sees the FDA clearance as an important step toward treatment decisions guided by objective measurements of brain function.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 23, 2026

A famed dusky shark in South Korea has returned to the canal where she had been stuck for a month, just one day after authorities said they had successfully guided her out, local media report.

From BBC ● Oct. 22, 2026

The ramp-up is guided by a strong desire to avoid safety problems, company officials said.

From Barron's ● Oct. 21, 2026

Sara stared in amazement as Emily reached over and carefully guided the other girl back to the bench, making sure she didn’t fall.

From "City Spies" by James Ponti

But wait — he has no soul, just wires, processors, fluid and whatnot, plus a set of AI personas guiding his interactions with the human world.

From Salon ● Oct. 23, 2026

For 2026, the company is guiding for sales growth excluding currency movements in the mid-single-digit range.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2026

In particular, scientists have uncovered its involvement in controlling gene activity and guiding normal cell development.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 20, 2026

But Sage has had a tough start at Selhurst Park since he arrived after guiding Lens to the French Cup and second in Ligue 1 last season.

From BBC ● Oct. 18, 2026

Swift’s guiding principle for success was simple and constant: eliminate waste to increase profits.

From "A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919" by Claire Hartfield


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