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as in teaching

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verb

present participle of coach

as in guiding

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

Noun

Spagnuolo explained that the recognition is awarded only after a Chiefs victory, with the coaching staff putting together a highlight tape the following Saturday morning. — Pete Sweeney, Kansas City Star, 16 Oct. 2026 Professional coaching, mentorship pairings and peer cohorts outperform every digital alternative on the metric that matters, which is whether people actually open up. — Jordan Dunin, Forbes.com, 16 Oct. 2026 Said soup is being attended to by at least four cooks, as Hal (with helpful coaching by an off-camera Kate) strives to explain himself to Grace back at the embassy, and then the two of them work to get Eidra on-side. — Sophie Brookover, Vulture, 16 Oct. 2026 Williams is awaiting the final go-ahead from the coaching staff and trainers after going through his first full practice Thursday since he was injured in a 9-3 loss to Minnesota in Week 2. — CBS News, 15 Oct. 2026 What’s Trending in the NFL, ranking the most controversial coaching decisions from the past week. — Saad Yousuf, New York Times, 15 Oct. 2026 One of those changes included adding a familiar face to the coaching staff. — Chantz Martin Outkick, FOXNews.com, 15 Oct. 2026 Mentors will be able to share their expertise and strengthen their coaching and leadership skills, while giving back to the industry, the organization noted. — Stephen Garner, Footwear News, 14 Oct. 2026 The team announced the decision Wednesday while also moving on from several members of his coaching staff. — ABC News, 14 Oct. 2026

Verb

At 46, coaching his fifth Pitt State team, the priorities are different. — Gary Bedore, Kansas City Star, 17 Oct. 2026 Virgil is sharing interim head coaching duties with coach Brice Musgrove, according to a letter to Longhorn parents Cedar Hill sent to the Star-Telegram. — Charles Baggarly, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 17 Oct. 2026 The company’s chatbot model, ChatGPT, is giving dangerous medical advice, encouraging paranoia and coaching people to kill themselves or hurt or kill others, the lawsuits said. — Marc Levy, Fortune, 17 Oct. 2026 Three Grammy Awards, a stint coaching The Voice, and seven seasons hosting her own Daytime Emmy-winning talk show later, her face has become just as familiar as her powerful voice. — Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 16 Oct. 2026 After Mike Tirico left in 2016 and Jon Gruden returned to coaching after the 2017 season, the network cycled through various combinations involving Steve Levy, Sean McDonough, Joe Tessitore, Booger McFarland, Brian Griese and Louis Riddick. — Bobby Burack Outkick, FOXNews.com, 16 Oct. 2026 Ditka did have one more head coaching stint in the NFL from 1997 to 1999 with the New Orleans Saints. — Los Angeles Times, 9 Oct. 2026 On defense, Mike Vrabel earned a head coaching job with the Titans after one season as the Houston Texans defensive coordinator. — Sam Jane, Denver Post, 9 Oct. 2026 After coaching, Ditka became an analyst at NBC and later ESPN. — William Earl, Variety, 9 Oct. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for coaching

Noun

With zero acting gigs on the horizon and weary of taking handouts from Tori, Trina returns to Hollywood Arts for a substitute teaching position.

— Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 15 Oct. 2026
Kayla Safdari Flores works two jobs over and above pursuing a teaching credential program at Sacramento State.

— Tarini Mehta, Sacbee.com, 14 Oct. 2026

Definition of teaching

Verb

Acting was his guiding passion, but his deep love for the avant-garde helped till the ground for the city’s theatrical renaissance that the 1984 Olympic Arts Festival catalyzed.

— Theater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 15 Oct. 2026
That conviction is guiding the $385 billion Abu Dhabi fund on its investment decisions.

— semafor.com, semafor.com, 15 Oct. 2026

Definition of guiding

Noun

The centers would offer charging stations, Wi-Fi, bottled water, snacks, blankets, air conditioning and accessible restrooms.

— Sacbee.com, Sacbee.com, 14 Oct. 2026
Thousands of vehicles without air conditioning Records obtained by the I-Team also revealed that more than half of the active delivery vehicles assigned in Texas still lack air conditioning.

— Ginger Allen, CBS News, 14 Oct. 2026

Definition of conditioning

Verb

Labor of Love The LVMH Virtuosos form a community, acting as ambassadors for their respective maisons, participating in specialized development masterclasses and taking an active role in mentoring.

— Joelle Diderich, Footwear News, 16 Oct. 2026
After the Community Recording Studio, the couple will make go Himmah, central England’s biggest food bank and Epic Partners, which offers sports, education and mentoring programs for disadvantaged young people.

— ABC News, ABC News, 15 Oct. 2026

Definition of mentoring

Noun

Although Merlot is included in this first vintage, Alessandro hints that the blend may change over time, as cultivation of Merlot has become challenging as growing conditions have evolved with climate change.

— Mike DeSimone, Robb Report, 11 Oct. 2026
The bear-resistant container was invented to arrest the inadvertent cultivation of problem bears.

— The New Yorker, New Yorker, 6 Oct. 2026

Definition of cultivation

Verb

Then in 2015, ProPublica found that The Princeton Review charged different prices for an online SAT tutoring package depending on a customer's ZIP Code.

— Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 29 Sep. 2026
Residents who spoke about the proposal said the city should address existing needs, including technology, electrical outlets, tutoring space and longer hours, before reducing the library’s footprint.

— Verónica Egui Brito, Miami Herald, 22 Sep. 2026

Definition of tutoring

Noun

Most of his son’s school day is in a special education classroom, but his plan requires him to spend a certain amount of time in a general education classroom alongside his peers.

— Lina Ruiz, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 14 Oct. 2026
The Catholic preschools’ argument had relied heavily on a series of Supreme Court decisions, starting in 2017, that involved religious schools and public funding – and shifted the wall between church and state in education.

— Preston Green III, The Conversation, 14 Oct. 2026

Definition of education

Noun

The contract covers engineering, technical assistance, technology integration, supply-chain development, workforce training and digital transformation initiatives.

— Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 15 Oct. 2026
The program provides training in barista skills, espresso brewing, earning a food handler’s license, learning point-of-sale systems, customer service skills, food prep and other more general workplace skills.

— Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 15 Oct. 2026

Definition of training

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