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usher

[uhsh-er] / ˈʌʃ ər /




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The innovative 1,000-seat hall for concert, opera and dance looks to be Frank Gehry’s last music-meant masterpiece certain to usher in a new era for the Grand Avenue cultural district.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 10, 2026

But he's also vowed his arrival in office will usher in the biggest change in four decades.

From BBC Jul. 27, 2026

Celebrities like Emma Grede have helped usher this parenting style into the broader culture.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 18, 2026

Over a century ago, when the Supreme Court helped usher in Jim Crow, Justice John Marshall Harlan took his colleagues to task for betraying the promise of Reconstruction.

From Slate Jul. 8, 2026

Milo’s mother pointed again, then passed the usher and continued up the aisle.

From "The Parker Inheritance" by Varian Johnson

The couple went from gate to gate, Knight said, asking ushers and staff where the new section was.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 11, 2026

Parking is easy, food is good, ushers are nice, it has the potential to be great fun.

From Los Angeles Times May 31, 2026

Political analyst Dr Levy Ndou said Hill-Lewis' election, alongside other young leaders in the party, "ushers in a new era" and could be a "very good thing" for the organisation.

From BBC Apr. 13, 2026

The tiny white and pink petals of cherry flowers, known as sakura, herald the start of spring in Japan, and full bloom ushers in a brief period of boisterous outdoor parties held by residents.

From Barron's Mar. 30, 2026

One of the ushers brought him a chair.

From "The Line Tender" by Kate Allen

If the 2008-09 financial crisis ushered in an era of ultralow interest rates, then current market conditions might mark a return to the way things were before that downturn, some say.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 18, 2026

Its design ushered in a very different approach to disability support – by providing people with funding based on their individual needs, and a certain amount of freedom to choose how to spend it.

From BBC Aug. 12, 2026

Elsewhere in the fenced-off city, Spanish soldiers ushered hundreds of other migrants, mostly young men and youths, through Ceuta's palm-lined streets to the border to return to Morocco.

From Barron's Aug. 1, 2026

The Jim Crow Era ushered in a new kind of slavery but eventually galvanized Congress to establish some of its most impactful legislation, in the VRA and the Civil Rights Act.

From Slate Jul. 27, 2026

After opening our toys, we kids were ushered into the next room to play with each other.

From "March Forward, Girl" by Melba Pattillo Beals

He’s uniquely responsible for ushering in an age of barbarism and will spend the rest of his life making amends in the fallen world he helped create.

From Salon Jul. 21, 2026

The video shows officers placing handcuffs on people, ushering them into cars and then placing them into detention centres.

From BBC Jun. 12, 2026

“Sunshine” was having yet another moment, ushering in a new sense of hope.

From Los Angeles Times May 19, 2026

Transfer agents are key to ushering in the tokenization era, but aren’t digitally native, said Farley, chief executive of Bullish.

From The Wall Street Journal May 5, 2026

He’d given every ounce of his time and energy to ushering, to his mushrooms, to Deadwood.

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




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