ushering

verb

present participle of usher
as in guiding
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 ushering The gunman was standing on the same spot where, 20 seconds earlier, Burton had stood, ushering visitors to safety, Tarbet told the Statesman. — Mark Dee august 14, Idaho Statesman, 14 Aug. 2026 Adding two more championships in 2023 and ’24, Moore was tasked again with ushering the Huskies into a new era and laying the groundwork for what the job description of a general manager at UConn should look like. — Joe Arruda, Hartford Courant, 12 Aug. 2026 Playing catch-up As messy as ushering out the old was, the in-with-the-new wasn’t exactly a picnic. — Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 7 Aug. 2026 Instead, she can be found around section 217 checking tickets and ushering fans to their seats, all while showing off her signature dance moves. — Abigail Dollins, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 4 Aug. 2026 In addition to the final season ushering the series to its conclusion, an all-new stop-motion holiday special, A Proud Family Wizmas, will debut later this year on Disney+. — Mekishana Pierre, Entertainment Weekly, 14 July 2026 If Levi’s stock price is an indication, Gass is ushering the company successfully into that next chapter. — Rob Wile, NBC news, 9 July 2026 Winemaker Simon Ollinger, whose family has grown grapes since the 1800s, walked us through the vineyards before ushering us into his home for a tasting. — Jeff Chu, Travel + Leisure, 6 July 2026 Lisa, as the world has come to know her, is one of the four members of Blackpink, the record-breaking, zeitgeist-altering girl group introduced in 2016 that is largely responsible for ushering South Korean pop, K-pop, into the global mainstream. — José Criales-Unzueta, Vanity Fair, 23 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for ushering
  1. guiding
  2. steering
  3. leading
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  • 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
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  • The fiscally moderate governor has frustrated labor by steering $11 billion since 2020 into debt reduction and away from spending on current services.
    — Keith M. Phaneuf, Hartford Courant, 14 Aug. 2026
  • On the other hand, Tracey Wooster, the founder of Tracey Wooster Design in Charlotte, North Carolina, suggests steering away from viscose rugs.
    — Sarah Lyon, Southern Living, 12 Aug. 2026
Definition of steering
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  • Lenti Ponsetto, after 18 years leading DePaul athletics—and 42 years overall at the private Big East school—announced her retirement in June 2020, just six weeks after Conviser filed her initial suit in Cook County court.
    — Daniel Libit, Sportico.com, 17 Aug. 2026
  • Morris has held other leadership roles in education before stepping into her current position, first leading the school’s Dallas-area campus in Irving, Texas, then returning to the Atlanta area last year to lead the campus in Decatur.
    — Carson Bonner, AJC.com, 17 Aug. 2026
Definition of leading

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