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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

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

A mashup of a memoir, a self-help book, a personal-finance guide, a serious and startling social history of wealth and a standup comedy routine, this is one of the funniest financial books I’ve ever read.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 14, 2026

“You probably have access at work, or where you bank. You can get in contact with a professional to guide you, and not feel like that’s just for other people. It’s a form of self-care.”

From MarketWatch Jul. 14, 2026

I hear Tyler chuckle as he puts a hand on my back to guide me.

From "Popcorn" by Rob Harrell

Keeping it that way requires vigilance on the bench—and in the classrooms and reference guides behind it.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 16, 2026

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

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

When we reach the top floor, the attendant guides us to the only door along the hall.

From "Warcross" by Marie Lu

A visitor centre which runs guided trips to see free-ranging reindeer in the area confirmed on Thursday that the animals were safe.

From BBC Jul. 17, 2026

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

From Barron's Jul. 15, 2026

Attendees also gathered for guided bird-watching along the bike path by the water.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 13, 2026

This is an edition of The 10-Point newsletter, a guided tour to the best coverage in The Wall Street Journal.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 10, 2026

After all, she was guided by the Afterlife now, and she’d not been chased into the depths of Fernlight by a vicious mob.

From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman

His one wicket was crucial – Brook guiding to slip.

From BBC Jul. 14, 2026

Management is guiding for stable-to-improving return on equity, driven by a stronger focus on higher-return businesses, while maintaining cost discipline with a cost-to-income ratio in the low- to mid-40%, the analyst notes.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 9, 2026

He won three more in Los Angeles in 1959, 1963 and 1965 while also guiding them to the World Series in 1966 and 1974.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 1, 2026

Bloom in April hiked its full-year outlook, guiding for revenue of $3.4 billion to $3.8 billion, up from a prior range of $3.1 billion to $3.3 billion.

From Barron's Jul. 1, 2026

He wanted the mercy and faith of the church to be the villagers’ only guiding light.

From "Bless Me, Ultima" by Rudolfo Anaya




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