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as in teaching

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coaching

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verb

present participle of coach

as in guiding

to give advice and instruction to (someone) regarding the course or process to be followed carefully coached her through the home-buying process

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Recent Examples of coaching

Noun

What a new staff means for Benton The previous coaching staff immediately plugged Benton in as a nose tackle in the base defense and was reluctant to move him. — Mike Defabo, New York Times, 15 Aug. 2026 Every time a player screwed up, the coaching staff and his teammates received a text message, calling out both the infraction and the guilty party. — Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 14 Aug. 2026 Bertman played baseball at Miami before going into coaching, starting at the high school level in Miami Beach. — ABC News, 14 Aug. 2026 Dolphins coach Jeff Hafley was not conducting drills for a mythical win in a practice that will never find its way to his coaching record. — David Furones, Sun Sentinel, 13 Aug. 2026 Haynes launched a successful coaching program and now splits her time between houses in Palm Coast and Tampa. — Helen Carefoot, Flow Space, 13 Aug. 2026 Kelce didn’t provide any details on the wedding or reception that was attended by Brad Pitt, Paul McCartney, Stevie Nicks and much of the Chiefs team, coaching staff and front office. — Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 13 Aug. 2026 Proactive development strategies are crucial, including exposing candidates to enterprise problems, granting access to senior executives, and utilizing executive coaching. — Roberta Matuson, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2026 Jermaine Stafford’s vision has been cut in half, but his coaching eye remains strong. — Kyle Newman, Denver Post, 12 Aug. 2026

Verb

Jones also is among 21 to win state titles in their first head-coaching job at any school. — Todd Holcomb, AJC.com, 16 Aug. 2026 Tennessee hired Saleh in January for his second head coaching job following his tenure as the New York Jets skipper from 2021 to 2024. — Carlos E. Castañeda, CBS News, 13 Aug. 2026 After years as a college coach and an NBA assistant coach, Sweeney is embarking on his first head coaching job. — Kathy Laughlin, The Orlando Sentinel, 13 Aug. 2026 But Butler continued coaching girls under the AAU until 2018. — Molly Hensley-Clancy, ProPublica, 13 Aug. 2026 Then Harbaugh got fired in Baltimore and the Giants went after the coach as hard as he’s been coaching up his team in training camp. — Mike Lupica, New York Daily News, 13 Aug. 2026 Amegadjie, a third-round pick in 2024, has shown the coaching staff things with his physicality and length. — Dan Wiederer, New York Times, 12 Aug. 2026 The lawsuit said the mother was informed last month that head coach Rich Wendling and assistant coach Brian Birch would no longer be coaching the girls teams. — Tarini Mehta, Sacbee.com, 12 Aug. 2026 At least the nutritionist coaching me on my diet is conciliatory. — Mark Ellwood, Robb Report, 8 Aug. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for coaching

Noun

After four decades of teaching, advising and research, my salary is barely half of that.

— Francisco Ruiz, Chicago Tribune, 14 Aug. 2026
The measure effectively cut off government funding for shrines and removed Shinto practices and teachings from public institutions.

— ABC News, ABC News, 14 Aug. 2026

Definition of teaching

Verb

Sharp has traditionally paid its employees to attend an all-hands recognition event for those deemed by their peers to best meet the organization’s guiding principles.

— Paul Sisson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Aug. 2026
After the 2008 financial crisis, the Fed began more deliberately guiding the market to near certainty on the trajectory of rates heading into its meetings.

— John Towfighi, CNN Money, 11 Aug. 2026

Definition of guiding

Noun

Blistering heat has also raised demand for air conditioning, driving up natural gas consumption at a time when stores need to be refilled ahead of winter.

— Hanna Ziady, CNN Money, 14 Aug. 2026
He was pointed in the direction of Pablo de la Torre, who had spent time working as a conditioning coach for Spanish sides Banants and UD Almeria.

— Andy Jones, New York Times, 13 Aug. 2026

Definition of conditioning

Verb

The significant time and effort involved makes most sense when recruiting, hiring, training, and mentoring large numbers for identical (or at least similar) jobs.

— Ryan Craig, Forbes.com, 8 Aug. 2026
Miami’s spent two years investing in the unpolished pass rusher, with mixed views, and the hope is that the playing time, and all the mentoring Robinson received the past two seasons begins to pay off in 2026.

— Omar Kelly August 6, Miami Herald, 6 Aug. 2026

Definition of mentoring

Noun

That legacy was disrupted in the early 1600s, when the Venetians uprooted much of the island’s vineyard land to make way for wheat cultivation.

— Monica Mendal, Vogue, 10 Aug. 2026
Furthering the business-meets-academia partnership, Cosecha de Galicia—a subsidiary of brewing group Hijos de Riviera that is focused on hop cultivation—will provide access to raw materials.

— Sarah Jones, Footwear News, 10 Aug. 2026

Definition of cultivation

Verb

Experts stressed engaging in activities that provide purpose and build meaningful connection; volunteering at a food bank or tutoring children was repeatedly recommended.

— Taylor Seely, USA Today, 1 Aug. 2026
Mighton began tutoring children in math to support himself financially as a playwright.

— Jacqueline Weiss, PEOPLE, 28 July 2026

Definition of tutoring

Noun

So when her son, Reed, now 15, was diagnosed with dyslexia 10 years ago, Knopf went down a rabbit hole of literacy education.

— Amy Drew Thompson, The Orlando Sentinel, 13 Aug. 2026
The state discovered that reforms had to be beneficial to all, and so the political mission had to be implementing education and acculturation as a means of solidifying the nascent bourgeoisie.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 12 Aug. 2026

Definition of education

Noun

Liverpool will play a total of 180 minutes against Serie A side Como across two games tomorrow (Sunday), one behind closed doors at their training ground at noon locally, the other at Anfield at 6pm.

— George Edwards, New York Times, 15 Aug. 2026
Being late for anything – breakfast, lunch, dinner, a team meeting, a training session – or parking in an unassigned spot, for example.

— Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 14 Aug. 2026

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