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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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"It's a precise guide for the surgeon during the operation, and then a targeted clean-up treatment afterward."

From Science Daily Aug. 27, 2026

The Aug. 5 letter followed that guide by setting a deadline for a response from Cook and arguing that her alleged conduct bears on her honesty and competence as a financial regulator.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 26, 2026

She was inviting us into her figurative and literal home — the tour bus she resided in for over a decade, with an overzealous guide to boot.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 26, 2026

The Italian foreign ministry said two Italian tourists and their guide were stranded upstream from a landslide but are receiving assistance.

From Barron's Aug. 26, 2026

“Well, the next time someone wrinkles your lucky shirt, you’ll still have an ‘iwa to guide your way.”

From "Clairboyance" by Kristiana Kahakauwila

Instead of dusty coaching manuals, he drew inspiration from management tomes and self-improvement guides.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 28, 2026

Then came illustrated guides purporting to explain how an anxious shopper might distinguish horse meat from cow meat by color, texture, fat and smell.

From Salon Aug. 27, 2026

Four of the firm's Nepali tour guides are also missing.

From BBC Aug. 27, 2026

As he guides them, Chen declares: "If you are not needed by the world of AI and robotics, then you'll definitely be among those eliminated".

From BBC Aug. 24, 2026

If they can’t walk on their own, she helps them up and guides them to safety.

From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly

Lampard guided Coventry to win the Championship with 95 points last season after taking over at the club in November 2024.

From BBC Aug. 29, 2026

About a decade ago, personal struggle led him to seek out spiritual practices, and that healing guided him toward being of service to others.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 28, 2026

For the current fiscal third quarter, Workday guided for subscription revenues of $2.52 billion.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 27, 2026

For the fiscal third quarter, Salesforce guided for revenue between $11.42 billion and $11.5 billion, beating the $11.415 billion anticipated by analysts polled by FactSet.

From MarketWatch Aug. 26, 2026

Brackish water spurted at his hooves, but Taran guided the powerful stallion along what seemed a chain of submerged islands, never stopping even when he reached the far side of the swamp.

From "The Black Cauldron" by Lloyd Alexander

Andy Murray has long been a guiding figure for British tennis, but newly-married Katie Boulter will not be following his lead when it comes to keeping her wedding ring safe.

From BBC Aug. 28, 2026

“I don’t think anyone knows what Kevin Warsh’s guiding operating principles are,” he said.

From MarketWatch Aug. 27, 2026

"It serves as a forward-looking strategic platform, guiding our bilateral partnership across all five pillars -- political, economic, maritime, people-to-people, and security."

From Barron's Aug. 21, 2026

That’s one of the guiding principles behind tai chi, a hundreds-year-old Chinese martial arts practice that today is considered a form of meditative movement.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 18, 2026

Ayanna glanced at me, then turned back to guiding the raft.

From "Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky" by Kwame Mbalia




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