ushered

verb

past tense of usher
as in guided
to point out the way for (someone) especially from a position in front ushered the job applicant into the room and then left

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Recent Examples of ushered Burton and the two employees ushered almost everyone into the back hall. — Mark Dee august 14, Idaho Statesman, 14 Aug. 2026 Tunsil immediately went down and took a knee after the play and was quickly ushered to the facility after talking with the training staff. — Ryan Canfield, FOXNews.com, 11 Aug. 2026 Alvarez watched as the singer was ushered to the stage to meet the event’s host. — Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 5 Aug. 2026 Afterward, we were ushered onto a bus, where Hilderbrand’s sister, Heather Thorpe, led us on a two-hour tour of the island. — Carly Tagen-Dye, PEOPLE, 31 July 2026 Yvonne Selale stood outside, watching as the protesters ushered the little girls out into the street. — Julie Bourdin, Christian Science Monitor, 28 July 2026 Politicians have been ushered on the stages of megachurches to receive a pastor’s endorsement despite IRS tax laws that forbid it. — Lauren Costantino, Miami Herald, 18 July 2026 Heartstopper’s fans have been on this journey with them for over half a decade, enough time for younger viewers to be ushered into their own adulthood. — Abbey White, HollywoodReporter, 16 July 2026 Crosby Stills & Nash were inducted in 1997, then ushered into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2009. — Lisa Gutierrez, Kansas City Star, 13 July 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for ushered
  1. guided
  2. steered
  3. led
  4. accompanied
  5. showed
  6. conducted
  7. escorted
Verb
  • Will Howard, a sixth-round pick last year, guided the Steelers to a touchdown while deftly operating the 2-minute offense.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 14 Aug. 2026
  • Motorists are asked by the CTDOT to maintain a safe speed driving through the work zone, guided by traffic control signing patterns, Connecticut State Police troopers and crash units.
    — Sean Krofssik, Hartford Courant, 13 Aug. 2026
Definition of guided
Verb
  • Since then, the music industry — with streaming trends steered by algorithms and artists striking gold overnight on TikTok — has changed dramatically.
    — Hannah Edgar, Chicago Tribune, 14 Aug. 2026
  • Silicon Valley private schools are trading silent auctions for cap tables with a handful of Bay Area campuses now running miniature venture funds steered by parent-investors from Sequoia, Lightspeed, and Battery.
    — Lily Mae Lazarus, Fortune, 13 Aug. 2026
Definition of steered
Verb
  • Detroit quarterback Joshua Dobbs, signed as a free agent on Monday, led the Lions to field goals on two of his three series.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 14 Aug. 2026
  • This news arrives two weeks after the club released their new away shirt, with the design process led by minority owner and former NFL superstar JJ Watt.
    — Andy Jones, New York Times, 14 Aug. 2026
Definition of led
Verb
  • Two label departures in three days, both accompanied by explicit reassurances that TWICE group activities will continue unchanged, suggest the transition is proceeding as planned rather than as a rupture.
    — Hannah Abraham, Forbes.com, 13 Aug. 2026
  • If completed, the offering would be accompanied by a dual listing on the Nasdaq Capital Market.
    — Alexandra Harrell, Footwear News, 13 Aug. 2026
Definition of accompanied
Verb
  • Geolocated video showed a huge fire at a Wildberries warehouse in the Moscow region, the Russian equivalent of Amazon.
    — Tim Lister, CNN Money, 16 Aug. 2026
  • Images shared by Russian media outlets from the town of Podolsk showed columns of black smoke rising from the site.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 16 Aug. 2026
Definition of showed
Verb
  • Two autopsies have been conducted, but neither have yielded a definitive public explanation for Nolan’s manner of death.
    — Alisha Ebrahimji, CNN Money, 19 Aug. 2026
  • The vote, conducted by conference call, does not close the books entirely on the sale.
    — Maury Brown, Forbes.com, 19 Aug. 2026
Definition of conducted
Verb
  • While the footage does not show the identification, Child said Pace escorted him and the two boys to a location about a mile and a half from his home.
    — Greg Wehner, FOXNews.com, 12 Aug. 2026
  • It was safely escorted from the airspace after flares were deployed.
    — Emily Mae Czachor, CBS News, 12 Aug. 2026
Definition of escorted

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