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
Minter is a prominent candidate, since he's coached in Baltimore fairly recently.
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Arkansas Online, 15 Jan. 2026
Rizzi and Joseph coached together with the Dolphins.
—Patrick Saunders, Denver Post, 15 Jan. 2026
Brown, who coached the Kings for nearly 2 ½ seasons and helped end the NBA's longest playoff drought in 2023, was greeted with a loud ovation from the Golden 1 Center crowd before the game.
—CBS News, 14 Jan. 2026
Mike Vrabel knows, having coached Al-Shaair in Tennessee in 2023.
—Andrew Callahan, Boston Herald, 14 Jan. 2026
Madsen has a connection to Boozer, having played against and later coached his father, former NBA player Carlos Boozer.
—Jeff Faraudo, Mercury News, 14 Jan. 2026
Clark coached San Pasqual for most of the 2023 season after Corley suffered an aortic dissection following the first game.
—John Maffei, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Jan. 2026
Five of the girls were part of a youth team called the Hot Shots that was coached by senior Bailey Roczey’s father Scott.
—Dan Albano, Oc Register, 13 Jan. 2026
Growing up with a father who coached high school basketball, the sport was always part of family life.
—Jordan Greene, PEOPLE, 8 Jan. 2026
Arkansas Online, 15 Jan. 2026
Rizzi and Joseph coached together with the Dolphins.
—Patrick Saunders, Denver Post, 15 Jan. 2026
Brown, who coached the Kings for nearly 2 ½ seasons and helped end the NBA's longest playoff drought in 2023, was greeted with a loud ovation from the Golden 1 Center crowd before the game.
—CBS News, 14 Jan. 2026
Mike Vrabel knows, having coached Al-Shaair in Tennessee in 2023.
—Andrew Callahan, Boston Herald, 14 Jan. 2026
Madsen has a connection to Boozer, having played against and later coached his father, former NBA player Carlos Boozer.
—Jeff Faraudo, Mercury News, 14 Jan. 2026
Clark coached San Pasqual for most of the 2023 season after Corley suffered an aortic dissection following the first game.
—John Maffei, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Jan. 2026
Five of the girls were part of a youth team called the Hot Shots that was coached by senior Bailey Roczey’s father Scott.
—Dan Albano, Oc Register, 13 Jan. 2026
Growing up with a father who coached high school basketball, the sport was always part of family life.
—Jordan Greene, PEOPLE, 8 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for coached
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Several Venezuela residents told TIME that the fear of what might be discovered on their phone at a checkpoint has guided their behavior in the days since Maduro's ouster.—
Brian Bennett,
Time,
13 Jan. 2026
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Since launch, mission teams have guided the observatory steadily toward L1.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
13 Jan. 2026
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Ayaka Ono, my current Japanese teacher, estimates she’s tutored about 600 students over 15 years.—
Stephen Wade,
Los Angeles Times,
13 Jan. 2026
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Dixon has coached and tutored and fed and housed him.—
Kevin Sherrington,
Dallas Morning News,
8 Jan. 2026
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The class begins with incarcerated people being taught general knowledge of the industry.—
Sydney Sasser,
Charlotte Observer,
5 Aug. 2025
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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
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Rheinmetall revealed that the technology will reduce the production costs of green hydrogen through lower investment in the overall system, accompanied by a doubling of power density or an improvement in efficiency of over 10%.—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
11 Jan. 2026
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Each president's portrait is accompanied by a placard describing events during their time in office, including Clinton's impeachment.—
Charlotte Phillipp,
PEOPLE,
11 Jan. 2026
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Stanley Fischer, who helped lead central banks in Israel and the US and mentored a younger generation of economic decision-makers, died on May 31 at 81.—
Bloomberg,
Mercury News,
31 Dec. 2025
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Pavia has been mentored quite a bit by former superstar college quarterback Johnny Manziel, who was an absolute bust in the NFL.—
Evan Massey,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 Nov. 2025
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Cellphone data showed Fuentes was at the crash site, immediately went home and then returned in a different car within 20 minutes, the affidavit said.—
Sofia Saric,
Miami Herald,
9 Jan. 2026
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Videos of the shooting in Minnesota showed federal agents approaching Good’s SUV stopped in the middle of a neighborhood street.—
Emily Holshouser,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
9 Jan. 2026
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“Coached.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/coached. Accessed 19 Jan. 2026.
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