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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
Maddie Lee,
Los Angeles Times,
28 June 2026
Artisan and his coaching partner, Ike Shehadeh, poke and prod at every part of his group’s personalities.
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Rob Picheta,
CNN Money,
27 June 2026
Tim offers phone coaching calls if you get stuck during a DIY job.
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Tim Carter,
Hartford Courant,
27 June 2026
This summer, the team has doubled down on that shift with moves in the front office and coaching staff.
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Lauren Williams,
AJC.com,
26 June 2026
Of course, the quality of the players and coaching staff matters.
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Eric Zillmer,
Scientific American,
26 June 2026
Long before her son Jalen Brunson led the Knicks to an NBA championship — with her husband Rick on the coaching staff — Sandra Brunson was a Division I volleyball player at Temple University.
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Jon Lapook,
CBS News,
26 June 2026
If the behavioral mismatch is moderate, coaching can often bridge the gap.
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Matt Poepsel,
Forbes.com,
25 June 2026
Most good teachers aren’t born but made, with plenty of coaching and feedback.
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Mike Goldstein,
The Atlantic,
25 June 2026
Joseph Dycus,
Mercury News,
27 June 2026
That coaching wrinkle is in Babcock’s tool kit.
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Allan Mitchell,
New York Times,
26 June 2026
The driving force behind four different schools in four years for Conwell were coaching changes after each season.
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Anthony Chiang,
Miami Herald,
25 June 2026
May shocked the basketball world on Monday by leaving Michigan for the head coaching position with Dallas, just two months after winning a national championship with the Wolverines.
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Julie Mazziotta,
PEOPLE,
24 June 2026
Dusty May took the Dallas Mavericks head-coaching job in one of the biggest shockers of the NBA offseason so far.
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Ryan Gaydos , Amber Harding,
FOXNews.com,
23 June 2026
The 63-year-old has championship experience from coaching Detroit to the Cup in 2008.
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ABC News,
23 June 2026
Keller assistant Jared Stafford, who has been coaching under Stramp since 2012, is set to take over the program.
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Charles Baggarly,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
23 June 2026
Latto was there, along with Hawks legend Dominique Wilkins, Dawn Staley of South Carolina coaching fame, prolific boxer Claressa Shields, local rapper Fabo and Atlanta mayor Andre Dickens.
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Terence Moore,
Forbes.com,
21 June 2026
Noun
Their coaching staff deals with the details.
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Maddie Lee,
Los Angeles Times,
28 June 2026
Artisan and his coaching partner, Ike Shehadeh, poke and prod at every part of his group’s personalities.
—
Rob Picheta,
CNN Money,
27 June 2026
Tim offers phone coaching calls if you get stuck during a DIY job.
—
Tim Carter,
Hartford Courant,
27 June 2026
This summer, the team has doubled down on that shift with moves in the front office and coaching staff.
—
Lauren Williams,
AJC.com,
26 June 2026
Of course, the quality of the players and coaching staff matters.
—
Eric Zillmer,
Scientific American,
26 June 2026
Long before her son Jalen Brunson led the Knicks to an NBA championship — with her husband Rick on the coaching staff — Sandra Brunson was a Division I volleyball player at Temple University.
—
Jon Lapook,
CBS News,
26 June 2026
If the behavioral mismatch is moderate, coaching can often bridge the gap.
—
Matt Poepsel,
Forbes.com,
25 June 2026
Most good teachers aren’t born but made, with plenty of coaching and feedback.
—
Mike Goldstein,
The Atlantic,
25 June 2026
Verb
More than any singular North Coast Section title, 40-point game or flashy pass, Sopak pointed to one of basketball’s most basic plays as his favorite memory of coaching Ionescu.
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Joseph Dycus,
Mercury News,
27 June 2026
That coaching wrinkle is in Babcock’s tool kit.
—
Allan Mitchell,
New York Times,
26 June 2026
The driving force behind four different schools in four years for Conwell were coaching changes after each season.
—
Anthony Chiang,
Miami Herald,
25 June 2026
May shocked the basketball world on Monday by leaving Michigan for the head coaching position with Dallas, just two months after winning a national championship with the Wolverines.
—
Julie Mazziotta,
PEOPLE,
24 June 2026
Dusty May took the Dallas Mavericks head-coaching job in one of the biggest shockers of the NBA offseason so far.
—
Ryan Gaydos , Amber Harding,
FOXNews.com,
23 June 2026
The 63-year-old has championship experience from coaching Detroit to the Cup in 2008.
—
ABC News,
23 June 2026
Keller assistant Jared Stafford, who has been coaching under Stramp since 2012, is set to take over the program.
—
Charles Baggarly,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
23 June 2026
Latto was there, along with Hawks legend Dominique Wilkins, Dawn Staley of South Carolina coaching fame, prolific boxer Claressa Shields, local rapper Fabo and Atlanta mayor Andre Dickens.
—
Terence Moore,
Forbes.com,
21 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for coaching
Noun
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New voices, new philosophies, new ways of teaching and new sets of data to parse through.
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At the same meeting, the school board will take up a vote to rewrite the state’s social studies curriculum, focusing more on Texas and US history and deemphasizing some teachings about global history and cultures.
Verb
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After guiding Algeria to a 2-1 comeback win against Jordan to stay alive in Group J, manager Vladimir Petković was looking forward to seeing a lot of green and white in the KC stands this time.
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What was once considered alternative is becoming the norm, and individuality is increasingly replacing convention as the guiding principle of engagement ring design.
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The couple's Jeep Compass was still running and the fan was on high, however, the air conditioning wasn't working, according to authorities.
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In turn, sleep quality, which physical conditioning directly supports, governs how effectively a leader's prefrontal cortex manages complex trade-offs and scenarios under pressure.
Verb
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That could mean leading a project, taking on a stretch assignment, mentoring a newer employee, or working with another department.
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Beyond his entrepreneurial achievements, Holmes is deeply committed to mentoring the next generation of leaders.
Noun
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There’s something quietly radical in that insistence that transformation doesn’t require a grand reset, just patient cultivation of alternatives.
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The wine-country startup wanted to revolutionize the cultivation of grapes and other fruit with $100,000 robotractors, but the technology didn’t work well enough.
Verb
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The members organized events such as potluck dinners for Black and white families to interact, tutoring program for students and other efforts to improve southeast Denton.
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Everyone and everything—society, reality, good stuff and bad stuff—is fiercely tutoring our hero, fiercely engaged in his development.
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Directing a nonprofit leader toward entrepreneurship education and skills development could reasonably be argued to support an organization's broader operational mission.
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The values imparted to me throughout my public school education — equal opportunity, impartial justice, respect for expertise, basic honesty — have been abandoned by a new breed of politician that has turned governance itself into a blood sport.
Noun
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At one point, Jessie befriends a gang of tech toys that includes a low-tech potty-training product named Smarty Pants, along with GPS and camera devices Atlas and Snappy.
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Denise Mendez is practicing giving cues to a training dog at the Jefferson Moss-Magee Rehabilitation Center.
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“Coaching.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/coaching. Accessed 29 Jun. 2026.
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