shepherded; shepherding; shepherds
1
: to tend as a shepherd
2
: to guide or guard in the manner of a shepherd
shepherded the bill through Congress
Examples of shepherd in a Sentence
Verb
She carefully shepherded the children across the street.
They shepherded the bill through Congress.
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Elmhurst’s other police dog is Tommy, a Dutch shepherd and Belgian Malinois mix.
—Steve Metsch, Chicago Tribune, 15 July 2025
Aarian Marshall, Wired News, 19 July 2025
This school of thought—shepherded most notably by Stephanie Kelton, a former chief economist on the Senate Budget Committee for the Democrats and adviser to Bernie Sanders—says that the real constraint on government spending is the economy’s capacity on the supply side of the equation.
—Mary Childs, Harpers Magazine, 16 July 2025
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Noun
The order would also create a new adviser to the transportation secretary to shepherd in deregulation of the space industry.
—ArsTechnica, 22 July 2025
Elmhurst’s other police dog is Tommy, a Dutch shepherd and Belgian Malinois mix.
—Steve Metsch, Chicago Tribune, 15 July 2025
Verb
Making faster lineup changes should be key to keeping up with Chinese automakers, who have been able to shepherd new EVs from conception to the roads in less than two years.
—Aarian Marshall, Wired News, 19 July 2025
This school of thought—shepherded most notably by Stephanie Kelton, a former chief economist on the Senate Budget Committee for the Democrats and adviser to Bernie Sanders—says that the real constraint on government spending is the economy’s capacity on the supply side of the equation.
—Mary Childs, Harpers Magazine, 16 July 2025
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“Shepherd.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/shepherd. Accessed 26 Jul. 2025.
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shepherd
1 of 2 noun
shep·herd
ˈshep-ərd 
1
: a person who takes care of sheep
2
shepherd
2 of 2 verb
: to care for as or as if a shepherd
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