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.
Example Sentences
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OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has predicted that AI would lead to the first one-person company worth $1 billion.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 20, 2026
Four plays later, Rutgers scored, cutting USC’s lead to three.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 19, 2026
Eggleston, a professor in the Department of Civil, Environmental, and Architectural Engineering with expertise in geochemistry, will lead work focused on understanding and optimizing the chemical reactions involved in breaking down and rebuilding silicate materials.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 19, 2026
Despite the two lead characters being 50-something women, Whyte describes Youth as "an inter-generational watch".
From BBC ● Sep. 19, 2026
Callaway called over his shoulder as he headed down a thin dirt trail that appeared to lead straight into the woods.
From "Glitch" by Laura Martin
Indeed, Saylor’s purchases were thought to be the primary force behind Bitcoin’s modest rise in price in the weeks leading up to the conference.
From Slate ● Sep. 20, 2026
Dubin, co-founder of National Drive Electric Week, said 170 volunteer-led events were being held nationwide over the next month to promote EVs, and she was leading one Friday in Irvine.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 19, 2026
Colin Fraser, a data scientist at Meta, wrote on social media last week that there was no real evidence that AI models would inevitably pursue a goal leading to human death.
From BBC ● Sep. 19, 2026
After leading Berkshire for more than sixty years, the legendary “Oracle of Omaha” announced his retirement as chairman in a letter to investors.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026
He was well aware of the danger of leading the charge.
From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly
Moving through discussions of Malcolm McDowell’s typecasting and group lessons in Irish, led by Cushla, they will go beyond gazing.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 20, 2026
Since October of last season, according to Stats Perform, Chambliss has led five game-winning drives in the fourth quarter—the most of any player in major-conference college football over that span.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 20, 2026
This led to his arrest for sedition and, ultimately, his ongoing exile in America.
From Slate ● Sep. 20, 2026
It was the first time United had led at home by two goals and lost since they were beaten 3-2 by Tottenham in 1976, half a century ago.
From BBC ● Sep. 20, 2026
She led Clare up a tight, spiraling staircase, shedding coils of moss in her wake.
From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman
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