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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 Matt Steven stepped into the booth at the start of 2026, having already coached New Zealand’s 49er skiff crew to an Olympic silver medal at Paris 2024. — Andrew Rice, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2026 The Coyotes are coming off a 10-5 season but are led by new head coach Matt Vitzthum, who coached quarterbacks and wide receivers at South Dakota during the school’s playoff runs over the past two seasons. — Shaun Goodwin, Idaho Statesman, 15 Sep. 2026 Antaan arrives, and Zoe has coached Will to pretend to be the Manhunter to throw Antaan off the trail. — Joe Otterson, Variety, 14 Sep. 2026 In 2025, a California teenager named Adam Raine took his life after ChatGPT allegedly coached him on how to do it. — Emily Forlini, Fortune, 14 Sep. 2026 At the collegiate level, Suhr has coached at Detroit Mercy, Fairfield, UCF, LSU and Stetson. — Jason Anderson, Sacbee.com, 14 Sep. 2026 As first impressions go, the new-look Buffalo Bills under Joe Brady opened the season looking much like the team previously coached by Sean McDermott. — ABC News, 14 Sep. 2026 Frost expected no less from a team coached by Pat Narduzzi, a former defensive coordinator. — Matt Murschel, The Orlando Sentinel, 7 Sep. 2026 Brian Kelly, who was fired as the head coach at LSU, coached Daniels during his time at LSU and was also a primary recruiter of Pickett. — Mark Harris Outkick, FOXNews.com, 6 Sep. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for coached
  1. guided
  2. tutored
  3. taught
  4. accompanied
  5. mentored
  6. showed
Verb
  • Only one of those new managers has guided his team to first place.
    — Tyler Kepner, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2026
  • For Square Enix game director Naoki Hamaguchi, who has guided the project through Final Fantasy VII Remake and Rebirth, that expansion is one of the biggest challenges—and opportunities—of the finale.
    — Destiny Jackson, Deadline, 10 Sep. 2026
Definition of guided
Verb
  • Washington’s young starters were tutored by Griffin, a crafty All-Star.
    — Spencer Nusbaum, New York Times, 4 Aug. 2026
  • That’s expected to be the philosophy of O’Leary, who tutored his Western Michigan players by showing them tapes of the Chargers.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 23 July 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
  • Look here for a dose of quintessential British quirk, like a hypnotic oxblood spiral or a floral backplate accompanied by a butter yellow knob.
    — Lori Keong, Architectural Digest, 10 Sep. 2026
  • After initially waving off any medical attention, the ninth-year signal caller went into the injury tent and then eventually walked towards the tunnel to the locker room accompanied by team staff.
    — Jacob Lev, CNN Money, 10 Sep. 2026
Definition of accompanied
Verb
  • Reiner, who died in December, won for guest actor in a comedy series for his appearance as Albert Schnurr, a consultant who mentored line cook Ebraheim (Edwin Lee Gibson), on the FX show’s fourth season.
    — Maira Garcia, Los Angeles Times, 7 Sep. 2026
  • Juniors, partnering with Tristan Ianeiro and mentored by Artem Chigvintsev.
    — Brendan Le, PEOPLE, 28 Aug. 2026
Definition of mentored
Verb
  • Ferguson’s lab once showed that a driver who is cool and hydrated will be a few seconds faster than one who is overheating.
    — Patrick Iversen, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2026
  • Saturday night and early Sunday have a 50% chance of showers and thunderstorms, which the chance dropping to 30% during the day Sunday and climbing to a 60% chance late Sunday and early Monday, the forecast showed.
    — Joe Marusak, Charlotte Observer, 5 Sep. 2026
Definition of showed

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