as in to guide
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 coach
Kristin Stoller, Fortune, 1 June 2026
Widely respected throughout the league, he was known as a players' coach and mentor whose influence reached generations of coaches and players.
—Richard Ramos, CBS News, 1 June 2026
Ethan Hanson, Daily News, 2 June 2026
This is not as deep a team as Few is used to coaching, and losing Kayil was unexpected.
—Cj Moore
june 2, New York Times, 2 June 2026
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Noun
Jeremy Schifeling, a career coach who has held roles at LinkedIn, Khan Academy, and Apple, now teaches job seekers at more than 350 universities how to get past the AI systems filtering them out.
—Kristin Stoller, Fortune, 1 June 2026
Widely respected throughout the league, he was known as a players' coach and mentor whose influence reached generations of coaches and players.
—Richard Ramos, CBS News, 1 June 2026
Verb
But coaching at Sotomayor was different.
—Ethan Hanson, Daily News, 2 June 2026
This is not as deep a team as Few is used to coaching, and losing Kayil was unexpected.
—Cj Moore
june 2, New York Times, 2 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for coach
Noun
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The Club's central staircase is the sort that Bond might descend slowly in a dinner jacket alongside the American ambassador; these days guests rush up and down it in trainers.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
2 June 2026
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Bilsen worked on set with systemic trainer and supervisor Ria Verlinden to unearth how many things are connected and can not be seen in isolation.—
Georg Szalai,
HollywoodReporter,
2 June 2026
Verb
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The Sagittarius moon may be guiding you to a more sustainable rhythm.—
USA TODAY,
USA Today,
30 May 2026
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Patients were randomly assigned to receive either standard treatment decisions or treatment guided by the genomic test.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
30 May 2026
Noun
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The alternative asset manager said that Blackstone Capital Partners Asia III exceeded its $10 billion target, with the fund raising more than double the amount of its predecessor vehicle.—
Lee Ying Shan,
CNBC,
2 June 2026
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Its Resolver platform uses AI to ingest security information and help risk managers run remediations with an audit trail, cutting the lag time between detecting a breach and containing it.—
Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
1 June 2026
Verb
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The congresswoman has been described as relentless in her work and uncompromising in her values, but also ingrained in mentoring youth.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
30 May 2026
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As Marcus spent more time mentoring his leading employees, their temperament shifted from frustrated to inspired, stirring more change in the workforce than Marcus ever could have achieved alone.—
Janine Schindler,
Forbes.com,
28 May 2026
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“Coach.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/coach. Accessed 6 Jun. 2026.
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