Thesaurus results for SHEPHERDING

shepherding 1 of 2

noun

as in management

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shepherding

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verb

present participle of shepherd

as in guiding

to give advice and instruction to (someone) regarding the course or process to be followed shepherding her through the procedure of taking out a loan

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Noun

Welcome to Wrexham, which follows Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney’s shepherding of Welsh club Wrexham AFC, has been a hit around the world for Disney+. — Max Goldbart, Deadline, 11 May 2026 Part of that shepherding includes helping filmmakers decipher the film incentive program, Mansoori said. — Brayden Garcia, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 6 May 2026 Over the past few years, settlers have gradually blocked off access to the spring, which was vital to the nearby Palestinian shepherding community of Ras Ein al-Auja. — Laura Paddison, CNN Money, 28 Apr. 2026 Not to mention, there's likely plenty of human shepherding going on behind the scenes. — Scott Harrell, Forbes.com, 20 Mar. 2026 And as for putting a stop to commercial shepherding, that just isn’t something that is ever going to happen. — Lydia Patrick, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 Oct. 2025 The 35-year-old, coming from Boston — where his shepherding of recent Red Sox drafts as assistant general manager helped stock much of the current roster — looked the part of a young, modern baseball executive, with his wife and four kids in tow. — David Aldridge, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2025 While some of the lawyers spent as little as 20 minutes on the case, the legal shepherding of Saks Global clearly took over the lives of others. — Evan Clark, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2019

Verb

As for the wisdom of shepherding the Sun out of Connecticut, the traditionally enthusiastic market for women’s basketball, to Houston, where a championship franchise failed to take hold in the league’s early days, well, time will tell. — Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 26 July 2026 Warken takes his place at the chancellery after shepherding the first of the government’s reforms, meant to curb rising costs in the German health insurance system, through parliament earlier this month. — ABC News, 24 July 2026 Of course, shepherding a smooth labor transition is in Silicon Valley’s self-interest. — Lila Shroff, The Atlantic, 9 July 2026 Her organization will be structured around verticals, with executives shepherding series from development through subsequent seasons to optimize creative planning and talent relationships. — Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 8 July 2026 For Lind, the endeavor was less about being a scream queen and more about shepherding a production. — Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 7 July 2026 The 61-year-old writer/director revisits his script’s indelible opening lines at the start of the trailer, effectively shepherding in a new age of wonder and uncertainty. — Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 30 June 2026 Woody’s daughter Nora Guthrie, who has spent many years shepherding her father’s musical legacy, was rocking a cowbell and getting into the spirit. — Simon Vozick-Levinson, Rolling Stone, 29 June 2026 But there is an air of futility to the scene, like the coaches are shepherding square pegs into round holes. — Rob Picheta, CNN Money, 27 June 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for shepherding

Noun

Political scientist Sandra Borda argued that the difficulties in aid management are related to the tense political transition between the current and previous administrations, which lacked a formal handover.

— Gonzalo Zegarra, CNN Money, 13 Aug. 2026
Conventional time-management advice, Schore argues, focuses almost exclusively on visible behaviors—meetings, email volume, scheduling techniques and collaboration practices.

— Rodger Dean Duncan, Forbes.com, 13 Aug. 2026

Definition of management

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

The droptop also has more responsive braking and greater precision in steering than what’s found with the Roma.

— Howard Walker, Robb Report, 7 Aug. 2026
The front end felt absolutely glued to the road, while the steering transmitted the sensation of turning the front wheels with my own hands.

— Jerry Perez, The Drive, 6 Aug. 2026

Definition of steering

Noun

Initially seen as overly meticulous or impatient, these leaders frequently impart invaluable standards like precision and discipline, which become evident only when one steps into a leadership role.

— Mark Nevins, Forbes.com, 13 Aug. 2026
For many younger Cubans, Castro remains an icon, but his influence is less immediate for them than for older generations who lived under his leadership.

— ABC News, ABC News, 13 Aug. 2026

Definition of leadership

Noun

First-year Georgia Tech running backs coach Jimmy Smith did just that in one offseason.

— Fisher Isbell, AJC.com, 8 Aug. 2026
Residents who can see or smell smoke are advised to remain indoors with their doors and windows closed, an air purifier running and air conditioning turned off.

— Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 8 Aug. 2026

Definition of running

Noun

Each of SkyFall’s Shrike drones equipped with such capability costs about $2,000, compared to the $400 Ukrainian drones that rely only on manual piloting, Meier wrote in a blog post.

— Jeremy Hsu, ArsTechnica, 3 Aug. 2026
Human-swarm teaming attempts to solve that problem by shifting operators from direct piloting toward higher-level mission management.

— Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 21 July 2026

Definition of piloting

Noun

Ultimately, strong governance, focused on an organization's enduring purpose, is the true competitive advantage, ensuring companies thrive for generations.

— Rodger Dean Duncan, Forbes.com, 11 Aug. 2026
China has a tradition of paternalistic government regulations meant to pre-empt potential problems, said Yolanda Ma, an expert on AI governance.

— ABC News, ABC News, 10 Aug. 2026

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