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lead

[leed] / lid /








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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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“Many of the ad slots are now falling below the AI Overview, so a lot of people aren’t making it to that area,” Conner Crowe, a fractional marketing lead, told MarketWatch.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 31, 2026

"The way we typically detect retrons inside uninfected cells is by looking for this single-stranded DNA," says Karen Zhang, a PhD student in Shipman's lab and lead author of the study.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 31, 2026

It appeared for a while as if Raman wouldn’t even make it out of the primary, and then it looked as though she had a comfortable lead over Bass in the runoff.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 31, 2026

Absent that, the fact that you don’t like a candidate’s name, for example, that’s not going to lead to a lack of certification.

From Slate ● Oct. 31, 2026

Bubbe never got the chance to read those words in time to follow her sister’s lead, and now it’s too late.

From "Code Name Kingfisher" by Liz Kessler

Further information, including a recent download from Lucy's mobile phone, contained information which "we believe are relevant to the circumstances leading up to her death."

From BBC ● Oct. 31, 2026

Eumachia was among the leading citizens in Pompeii and responsible for one of its most impressive buildings before the town’s destruction by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026

According to the World Health Organization, low back pain is the leading cause of disability worldwide.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 30, 2026

“My first strong memory was a few years later, meeting him in the street in central London when he told me about an offer to take over a leading part in ‘Star Trek.’”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 30, 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

Archaeologists from the University of Cambridge, who led the excavation, believe the hole was created by a spear with a sharpened wooden point.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 31, 2026

Gaspar led the June primary with 46.1% of the vote compared to Worth Girvan, who secured 42.5%.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 31, 2026

Last time this happened, over the winter of 2021-22, it led to a labor stoppage, but didn’t cost anyone regular season games.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 31, 2026

The breakthrough comes from a team led by scientists at the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center, its Bloomberg~Kimmel Institute for Cancer Immunotherapy, and the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 31, 2026

When I asked him for directions, he took me by the arm and led me himself to the proper platform.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom


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