Thesaurus results for SHEPHERDING

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noun

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verb

present participle of shepherd

as in guiding

to give advice and instruction to (someone) regarding the course or process to be followed shepherding her through the procedure of taking out a loan

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Welcome to Wrexham, which follows Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney’s shepherding of Welsh club Wrexham AFC, has been a hit around the world for Disney+. — Max Goldbart, Deadline, 11 May 2026 Part of that shepherding includes helping filmmakers decipher the film incentive program, Mansoori said. — Brayden Garcia, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 6 May 2026 Over the past few years, settlers have gradually blocked off access to the spring, which was vital to the nearby Palestinian shepherding community of Ras Ein al-Auja. — Laura Paddison, CNN Money, 28 Apr. 2026 Not to mention, there's likely plenty of human shepherding going on behind the scenes. — Scott Harrell, Forbes.com, 20 Mar. 2026 And as for putting a stop to commercial shepherding, that just isn’t something that is ever going to happen. — Lydia Patrick, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 Oct. 2025 The 35-year-old, coming from Boston — where his shepherding of recent Red Sox drafts as assistant general manager helped stock much of the current roster — looked the part of a young, modern baseball executive, with his wife and four kids in tow. — David Aldridge, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2025 While some of the lawyers spent as little as 20 minutes on the case, the legal shepherding of Saks Global clearly took over the lives of others. — Evan Clark, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2019

Verb

As for the wisdom of shepherding the Sun out of Connecticut, the traditionally enthusiastic market for women’s basketball, to Houston, where a championship franchise failed to take hold in the league’s early days, well, time will tell. — Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 26 July 2026 Warken takes his place at the chancellery after shepherding the first of the government’s reforms, meant to curb rising costs in the German health insurance system, through parliament earlier this month. — ABC News, 24 July 2026 Of course, shepherding a smooth labor transition is in Silicon Valley’s self-interest. — Lila Shroff, The Atlantic, 9 July 2026 Her organization will be structured around verticals, with executives shepherding series from development through subsequent seasons to optimize creative planning and talent relationships. — Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 8 July 2026 For Lind, the endeavor was less about being a scream queen and more about shepherding a production. — Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 7 July 2026 The 61-year-old writer/director revisits his script’s indelible opening lines at the start of the trailer, effectively shepherding in a new age of wonder and uncertainty. — Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 30 June 2026 Woody’s daughter Nora Guthrie, who has spent many years shepherding her father’s musical legacy, was rocking a cowbell and getting into the spirit. — Simon Vozick-Levinson, Rolling Stone, 29 June 2026 But there is an air of futility to the scene, like the coaches are shepherding square pegs into round holes. — Rob Picheta, CNN Money, 27 June 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for shepherding

Noun

Emergency management is warning people in the area to expect smoke and traffic delays.

— Alexa Herrera, CBS News, 20 Aug. 2026
The package includes communications, electrical power, and thermal management systems.

— Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 20 Aug. 2026

Definition of management

Verb

Sharp has traditionally paid its employees to attend an all-hands recognition event for those deemed by their peers to best meet the organization’s guiding principles.

— Paul Sisson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Aug. 2026
After the 2008 financial crisis, the Fed began more deliberately guiding the market to near certainty on the trajectory of rates heading into its meetings.

— John Towfighi, CNN Money, 11 Aug. 2026

Definition of guiding

Noun

Many advanced driver-assistance systems, or ADAS, can control a vehicle’s speed, braking and steering using cameras, sensors and/or mapping data.

— Michael Wayland, CNBC, 15 Aug. 2026
The Valen also receives lightweight magnesium wheels as standard, reducing unsprung mass to improve steering response, wheel control and ride refinement.

— Matthew MacConnell, Forbes.com, 15 Aug. 2026

Definition of steering

Noun

Initially seen as overly meticulous or impatient, these leaders frequently impart invaluable standards like precision and discipline, which become evident only when one steps into a leadership role.

— Mark Nevins, Forbes.com, 13 Aug. 2026
For many younger Cubans, Castro remains an icon, but his influence is less immediate for them than for older generations who lived under his leadership.

— ABC News, ABC News, 13 Aug. 2026

Definition of leadership

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Fazio said his administration would look closely into key positions that necessitate work be performed in-office and on-site, such as social workers responsible for monitoring child abuse cases.

— Keith M. Phaneuf, Hartford Courant, 14 Aug. 2026
Republican allies in Congress are busy trying to pass legislation that will formally repeal the CTA, thus preventing any future administration from restarting the database.

— Casey Michel, The Atlantic, 14 Aug. 2026

Definition of administration

Noun

Those goals aren’t there this season — missing a month with knee inflammation took him out of the running — but Vitello said there continues to be value in sending Webb to represent the club every fifth day.

— Andrew Baggarly, New York Times, 16 Aug. 2026
That same day, US Energy Secretary Chris Wright said that between 8 and 9 million barrels a day were getting through Hormuz on a running average.

— Charlotte Reck, CNN Money, 16 Aug. 2026

Definition of running

Noun

Each of SkyFall’s Shrike drones equipped with such capability costs about $2,000, compared to the $400 Ukrainian drones that rely only on manual piloting, Meier wrote in a blog post.

— Jeremy Hsu, ArsTechnica, 3 Aug. 2026
Human-swarm teaming attempts to solve that problem by shifting operators from direct piloting toward higher-level mission management.

— Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 21 July 2026

Definition of piloting

Noun

Pairing that hardware with technical assistance is what professionalizes governance and brings local operations fully in line with the highest international environmental and engineering standards.

— Rob Kaplan, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2026
Wharton professor of legal studies and business ethics Kevin Werbach explains why AI governance is so difficult, why companies can't be left to regulate themselves, and what governments need to do as AI becomes more powerful.

— Sheryl Estrada, Fortune, 17 Aug. 2026

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