as in guide
one that accompanies another for protection, guidance, or as a courtesy
the mayor served as the First Lady's escort for her tour of the city
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as in to accompany
to go along with in order to provide assistance, protection, or companionship
a student from the college escorted my parents and me on our tour of the campus
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Recent Examples of escort
Stephanie Sengwe, PEOPLE, 5 Oct. 2025
The press office also cannot accommodate waves requests or escorts at this time.
—Joey Nolfi, Entertainment Weekly, 2 Oct. 2025
Zoë Haylock, Vulture, 10 Oct. 2025
Just down the street, police stood ready to escort Vance out.
—Kayla Dwyer, IndyStar, 10 Oct. 2025
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Noun
The problem was, with technology still being in its infancy, the Forever creator and her husband, Salim Akil, had to lead her — police escort style — in the right direction.
—Stephanie Sengwe, PEOPLE, 5 Oct. 2025
The press office also cannot accommodate waves requests or escorts at this time.
—Joey Nolfi, Entertainment Weekly, 2 Oct. 2025
Verb
That same day, Del Rio was fired and escorted off the Paramount lot by a group of people that reportedly included Matlock executive producer Eric Christian Olsen.
—Zoë Haylock, Vulture, 10 Oct. 2025
Just down the street, police stood ready to escort Vance out.
—Kayla Dwyer, IndyStar, 10 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for escort
Noun
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Check out our other guides to the best telescopes, binoculars, cameras, star projectors, drones, lego and much more.—
Alexander Cox,
Space.com,
18 Oct. 2025
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The National Alliance for Caregiving provides specific guides for memory loss, mental illness and people caring for seriously ill children.—
Kat McGowan,
NPR,
18 Oct. 2025
Verb
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The numbers fluctuate over the years, but, as a broad trend, the improvement in pass completion and the number of passes made per game over the past decade was accompanied by a significant rise in goals scored and, in particular, the proportion of goals scored from open play.—
Oliver Kay,
New York Times,
16 Oct. 2025
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The Labubu craze doesn’t seem to be dying down any time soon, as new, mainstream, and rare editions are all in high demand, and fans often look for clothing and event advent calendars to accompany their cute yet scary figurines.—
Katie Decker-Jacoby,
StyleCaster,
16 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Many of those will turn over to Porter, as well as fellow guard Ryan Rollins.—
Fred Katz,
New York Times,
16 Oct. 2025
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The 6-foot-2 guard is entering his second season with the Kings after his rookie campaign was cut short due to a shoulder injury.—
Jason Anderson,
Sacbee.com,
15 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Linda hustles the two of them to a nearby motel whose only employees are a surly young goth attendant (a glowering Ivy Wolk) and a sympathetic, mildly flirty super (A$AP Rocky, laidback and breezy).—
Stephanie Zacharek,
Time,
10 Oct. 2025
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There, she is repeatedly scolded, first by a testy parking attendant (Mark Stolzenberg), and then by a doctor (Bronstein), who warns Linda of consequences if her daughter doesn’t soon reach her target weight of fifty pounds.—
Justin Chang,
New Yorker,
9 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Use the companion app to remotely adjust settings and even track your cat’s weight.—
Christine Persaud,
USA Today,
11 Oct. 2025
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District 3 Council Member Jennifer Gamble, who served as the council’s planning and zoning committee chair until only a few meetings ago when District 20 Council Member Rollin Horton took up the mantle, said the move was meant to align the bill with the same timing as its companions.—
Austin Hornbostel,
Nashville Tennessean,
10 Oct. 2025
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“Escort.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/escort. Accessed 19 Oct. 2025.
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