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as in to show
to give advice and instruction to (someone) regarding the course or process to be followed
the pastry chef guided her through the creation of the wedding cake, showing her how to ice the layers, fashion the elaborate decorations, and assemble the whole shebang
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2
as in to supervise
to look after and make decisions about
thought the new superintendent would guide the school system well
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3
as in to steer
to point out the way for (someone) especially from a position in front
would be happy to guide you folks to the historic part of town
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Recent Examples of guide
Nicole Kliest, Vogue, 7 Mar. 2025
Becker guided the audience into another room where another doll waited for her chance to come alive, this time to sing a song.
—Shanti Escalante-De Mattei, ARTnews.com, 7 Mar. 2025
Stephen Sorace, Fox News, 6 Mar. 2025
At Team Voodoo Crawfish Tours, an experienced guide will lead you on an interactive boat tour of a crawfish pond, explaining the farm-to-table process and the importance of the multi-billion-dollar industry.
—Kristy Christiansen, Southern Living, 6 Mar. 2025
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Verb
Of course, don’t just let popularity guide your visit.
—Nicole Kliest, Vogue, 7 Mar. 2025
Becker guided the audience into another room where another doll waited for her chance to come alive, this time to sing a song.
—Shanti Escalante-De Mattei, ARTnews.com, 7 Mar. 2025
Noun
The guides used avalanche beacons to identify an area where the skiers were likely buried under 40 to nearly 100 feet of snow.
—Stephen Sorace, Fox News, 6 Mar. 2025
At Team Voodoo Crawfish Tours, an experienced guide will lead you on an interactive boat tour of a crawfish pond, explaining the farm-to-table process and the importance of the multi-billion-dollar industry.
—Kristy Christiansen, Southern Living, 6 Mar. 2025
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Verb
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The first detailed nationwide data on schools’ recovery shows that achievement gaps have widened, with the poorest students the furthest behind.—
Aatish Bhatia,
New York Times,
10 Mar. 2025
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The visual shows Lil Nas X framed in a hot pink Dreamboy doll box.—
Ashley Iasimone,
Billboard,
9 Mar. 2025
Verb
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The Trump administration has denied in court papers that intends to abolish the agency completely, arguing that some of its functions are continuing, but Reuters on Monday reported top officials at the consumer agency have not allowed staff to resume supervising financial companies.—
Ken Alltucker,
USA TODAY,
5 Mar. 2025
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General billed Medicare and other government insurers for surgeries performed by Harvard medical trainees without proper oversight because supervising surgeons were working in another operating room.—
Jay Weaver,
Miami Herald,
4 Mar. 2025
Verb
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Understandably, some folks prefer to steer clear of body butters for many reasons: a super-heavy feel, a longer period of absorption, and a greasy film on your skin.—
Tatayana Yomary,
Essence,
3 Mar. 2025
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In his new position at Disney, Cripps will steer the overall global theatrical distribution of all Walt Disney Studios labels including Disney Live Action, Walt Disney Animation Studios, Pixar Animation Studio, Marvel Studios, Lucasfilm, 20th Century Studios and Searchlight Pictures.—
Anthony D'Alessandro,
Deadline,
3 Mar. 2025
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Star guard Kyrie Irving tore his ACL in the first quarter of the Mavericks' loss to the Sacramento Kings, ending his season and leaving his availability for the start of the 2025-26 campaign in doubt.—
Bryan Toporek,
Forbes,
5 Mar. 2025
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But as Pirates coach Bo Patton sees it, there are two ways to look at what the 6-foot-4 senior guard/forward brings to the team.—
Dave Melton,
Chicago Tribune,
5 Mar. 2025
Verb
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Mike Macdonald went as far as to say Seattle could win a championship with Smith, and new offensive coordinator Klint Kubiak said the opportunity to coach Smith is one of the reasons he was attracted to Seattle.—
The Athletic NFL Staff and more,
The Athletic,
8 Mar. 2025
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Six decades into his career, coaching still fuels Weinstein.—
Meghan Montemurro,
Chicago Tribune,
8 Mar. 2025
Verb
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Ali is overseeing a challenge to Mr. Trump's 90-day pause on foreign assistance brought by a group of nonprofits and businesses that receive foreign aid funding and argue the freeze is an unconstitutional exercise of presidential power.—
Melissa Quinn,
CBS News,
5 Mar. 2025
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Simone Swink will oversee all Good Morning America branded shows, a change as GMA and GMA3 had previously operated separately, with Cat McKenzie as EP of the spinoff show.—
Ted Johnson,
Deadline,
5 Mar. 2025
Verb
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Helen Gregory and Simon Gillis now lead day-to-day operations as Joint Managing Directors.—
Max Goldbart,
Deadline,
6 Mar. 2025
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Typically, the bike troops lead an assault, speeding into new positions to secure safe lodgments for follow-on forces including increasingly precious tanks and other armored vehicles.—
David Axe,
Forbes,
6 Mar. 2025
Noun
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What a rare and thrilling opportunity to watch Chris Pratt exchange snarky but affectionate banter with a small, smart-mouthed CGI companion!—
David Ehrlich,
IndieWire,
7 Mar. 2025
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Like the fictional character, Suchet is a genial, cordial and elegantly enthusiastic companion and guide.—
Nina Metz,
Chicago Tribune,
5 Mar. 2025
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“Guide.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/guide. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.
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