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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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As the gas falls inward, magnetic forces may help reduce its rotation and guide it toward the center.

From Science Daily Jul. 18, 2026

Here’s a guide to determine which is best for you and which questions to ask along the way to secure the best rate and lowest overall mortgage costs.

From MarketWatch Jul. 17, 2026

Far from simply pressing a button, film projectionists must actively guide a screening, threading and splicing reels and closely monitoring for mechanical issues.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 17, 2026

It’s partly a memoir about his early years at the forefront of the index-fund revolution and partly a basic guide to lifelong buy-and-hold investing.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 14, 2026

“It’s a building that helps guide ships away from the shore by flashing lights toward the sea.”

From "The Wrong Way Home" by Kate O’Shaughnessy

Across different cultures, they have been viewed as everything from mystical guides that help lost travelers find their way home to ominous creatures associated with bad luck.

From Science Daily Jul. 11, 2026

A mountain concierge connects guests with local guides for fly fishing.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 8, 2026

Olivia Martin, a nursing student at Long Island’s Molloy University, feeds notes and study guides into her ChatGPT Plus account, which generates exam-style practice questions.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 28, 2026

Once, video games came with lots of physical goodies, such as guides, maps and manuals.

From BBC Jun. 26, 2026

Carlos is pleased; Kim guides him into the kitchen.

From "Ghost Boys" by Jewell Parker Rhodes

Last week, Conagra halved its dividend and guided to an earnings decline in the new fiscal year that was steeper than Wall Street expected.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 19, 2026

Scaloni, who guided Argentina to World Cup glory four years ago in Qatar, says he is not concerned about his side's form before facing England.

From BBC Jul. 15, 2026

Examples include the "study mode" built into OpenAI's ChatGPT, or "guided learning" in Google's Gemini.

From Barron's Jul. 15, 2026

In addition, it may improve MRI guided cancer treatments by directing RF energy more precisely for procedures such as tumor hyperthermia or thermal tissue ablation.

From Science Daily Jul. 10, 2026

“That is all we have to say,” the Mom-twin snapped, then gently guided her husband out of the camera’s range.

From "The Strangers" by Margaret Peterson Haddix

However, the company is guiding for a gross margin of 49% at the midpoint in networks, which is below consensus expectations of 49.7%, the bank says.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 14, 2026

His one wicket was crucial – Brook guiding to slip.

From BBC Jul. 14, 2026

Linked Learning steps in by partnering with schools and guiding students on how to earn college credit through dual community college enrollment, internships and industry certifications.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 14, 2026

His guiding principle is simple: focus on key local resources, process them locally, create skilled jobs, and export value-added products through public-private partnerships.

From Barron's Jul. 10, 2026

The newspapers were full of interviews in which the city’s leading men described Root as the guiding force behind the fair, that without him the city could not hope to realize its dreams.

From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson




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