lead
Usage
What are other ways to say lead?
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. Guide implies continuous presence or agency in showing or indicating a course: to guide a traveler. To conduct is to precede or escort them 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.
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The UAE nominated Wednesday its foreign ministry official Lana Nusseibeh to run in the contest to lead the UN as none of the six existing candidates has emerged as a clear front-runner.
From Barron's ● Oct. 21, 2026
El Niño could lead to less rain and severe drought in parts of Asia.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 21, 2026
The East Africa Tour Guides and Drivers Association said it is worried other countries may follow the U.S. lead.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2026
"These 'perfect' AI versions just lead to disappointment if that's what you think your meal will look like."
From BBC ● Oct. 21, 2026
I am trying to get him to lead so I can save Cookie for later, and I find him with his head between the back legs of a moose, frozen with terror.
From "Woodsong" by Gary Paulsen
A total of seven health-care professionals have been on trial since April for potential negligence leading to the star's death during his two weeks of convalescence.
From Barron's ● Oct. 21, 2026
This year’s El Niño is expected to be particularly extreme, leading to its informal description by some weather forecasters as “super.”
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 21, 2026
Talks aimed at securing tariff relief from Washington collapsed in August, leading to a fresh deterioration in trade ties between the closely integrated economies.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2026
And this should absolutely not be news of any kind, but recently a leading music magazine posted a news story that announced: “Going to concerts alone is a top-tier human experience.”
From Salon ● Oct. 21, 2026
If this is what the earthquakes had been leading to, well, everyone was a bit disappointed.
From "Mountain of Fire" by Rebecca E. F. Barone
He also told the outlet he felt it was “freak luck” how the events of 2022 led him to Fiebig, adding they shared “ourselves with each other in a time where both needed a friend.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 21, 2026
The unrest eventually led to the resignation of India's education minister.
From BBC ● Oct. 21, 2026
The parent furor has led some districts, including New York City and Los Angeles, to impose moratoriums on student use of AI in the classroom.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2026
Researchers led by Lancaster University have revisited a historical account of a train delayed in Exeter, England, when solar activity interfered with the railway's telegraph system.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 21, 2026
Peter went on ahead, our pathfinder as usual, while I led Marlene, with Karli riding up on her, all of us knowing we owed our lives to that extraordinary and wonderful lady.
From "An Elephant in the Garden" by Michael Morpurgo
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