coached

verb

past tense of coach
as in guided
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 coached Then, the Chargers have a home game against Houston — also surprisingly winless — then play at Baltimore, where the 3-1 Ravens are coached by former Chargers defensive coordinator Jesse Minter. — Los Angeles Times, 5 Oct. 2026 When nobody has coached a person into this transition, the degeneration is quick. — Vikas Arora, Forbes.com, 5 Oct. 2026 For the next two years, Pops coached him and was with him at every race, before Max eventually made the jump from karting to the IndyCar development ladder in 2023. — Tyler Carmona, Miami Herald, 5 Oct. 2026 Shanahan passed legendary coach Bill Walsh to become first in team history with 167 games coached. — Chris Biderman, Sacbee.com, 4 Oct. 2026 The big point guard Riley coached with the Los Angeles Lakers in the 1980s? — Eric Nehm, New York Times, 4 Oct. 2026 Olsen and Kuechly had coached Olsen’s sons throughout youth football and would ask Stewart to coach year after year. — Ryan Canfield Outkick, FOXNews.com, 3 Oct. 2026 Tony Reno coached Yale for 14 seasons, leading the team to five Ivy League championships and the program’s first-ever playoff berth in 2025 before stepping down. — Staff Reports, Hartford Courant, 3 Oct. 2026 According to police documents, the victim's mother said Pusateri coached for Overlea Rec, Middle River Rec, Parkville Rec, and Kenwood High School. — Bryan Lynn, CBS News, 29 Sep. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for coached
  1. guided
  2. tutored
  3. taught
  4. accompanied
  5. mentored
  6. showed
Verb
  • The bank is being guided by its Indian workforce in the design of its local program.
    — Sam Birchall, Fortune, 8 Oct. 2026
  • In 2025, two scholars of religion decided to make a multiday pilgrimage along the Kumano Kodō trail – an ancient route in Japan connecting Shinto shrines and Buddhist temples – guided by an artificial intelligence assistant.
    — Shay Rabineau, The Conversation, 8 Oct. 2026
Definition of guided
Verb
  • Jones took him under his wing, and JFM tutored him even while knowing Roach was going to take his job.
    — Troy Renck, Denver Post, 6 Sep. 2026
  • Washington’s young starters were tutored by Griffin, a crafty All-Star.
    — Spencer Nusbaum, New York Times, 4 Aug. 2026
Definition of tutored
Verb
  • The class begins with incarcerated people being taught general knowledge of the industry.
    — Sydney Sasser, Charlotte Observer, 5 Aug. 2025
  • Tyx has lived in the Kansas City area for four years and previously taught middle school Spanish.
    — Taylor O'Connor, Kansas City Star, 5 Aug. 2025
Definition of taught
Verb
  • The Tasting Room offers a full-service restaurant open for dinner and weekend brunch, accompanied by hyperlocal award-winning ciders—all hand-crafted on-site in a state-of-the-art cidery.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 9 Oct. 2026
  • Starting with tonight's game between Brashear and Westinghouse, all students under the age of 18 will need to be accompanied by an adult over the age of 21 to be able to get into the stadium.
    — Mike Darnay, CBS News, 8 Oct. 2026
Definition of accompanied
Verb
  • Gulf media has reported that the young Khaldoon was mentored by the royal family in the wake of his father's death.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 30 Sep. 2026
  • Chesky and Altman’s friendship goes back nearly two decades, to 2006, when Altman mentored Chesky through startup accelerator Y Combinator.
    — Orianna Rosa Royle, Fortune, 28 Sep. 2026
Definition of mentored
Verb
  • Appetite for top office space remains strong across the capital, while CWG’s latest earnings showed that availability in Central London fell 20% year on year as supply in Docklands stayed broadly steady.
    — Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson, semafor.com, 9 Oct. 2026
  • Property records showed that the LA Building and Safety Department cited the homeowner in 2014 for violations, including garbage on the property, excessive vegetation, open storage, and no driveway access.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 8 Oct. 2026
Definition of showed

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“Coached.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/coached. Accessed 10 Oct. 2026.

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