STEERED Synonyms: 32 Similar and Opposite Words

steered

verb

past tense of steer

as in guided

to point out the way for (someone) especially from a position in front the man in the train station was able to steer us in the right direction

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as in piloted

to operate or control the course of first needed to learn how to steer her personal watercraft before going out on the crowded lake

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Recent Examples of steered As the nation steered into wartime and beyond, innumerable new companies would spring up and tailor their own version of the good word. — Lauren Michele Jackson, New Yorker, 15 July 2026 Related Stories The Wonderloom launch was steered by Content Partners’ executive VP Scott Hemming and partner Alphonse Lordo. — Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 14 July 2026 Graham steered 'Big, Beautiful Bill' and ICE funding Before his July 11 death, Graham helped push two major GOP policy accomplishments across the finish line. — Zachary Schermele, USA Today, 12 July 2026 On the other hand, biodiversity is far too important an issue to be steered at once by the chaotic whims of Silicon Valley, the legal battles waged by environmental nonprofits, and the old, sclerotic levers of government bureaucracy. — Taylor Dotson, Scientific American, 10 July 2026 Some conservative lawmakers counter that the ballot measure would undercut provisions in the state constitution meant to limit government spending and ensure excess tax revenue is steered to infrastructure or back to taxpayers as rebates. — Bloomberg, Mercury News, 9 July 2026 You are steered through an astonishing limestone canyon, crossing turquoise water where only tiny snails and blind shrimp are capable of living. — James Rampton, TheWeek, 9 July 2026 The pair had been in talks with traditional studios about a few of their ideas, but timeline constraints and the potential loss of creative control steered them away. — Cerys Davies, Los Angeles Times, 8 July 2026 These long stingers can actually be steered through the material to find the hiding host. — Philip Anderson, The Conversation, 8 July 2026

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These changes were guided by a legal doctrine known as cy pres, which requires that any changes to a foundation’s mission have to adhere as closely as possible to the donor’s original intent.

— Thomas Adam, The Conversation, 16 July 2026
Management also has guided for high single-digit growth in bioprocessing this year.

— Harvey Stober, CNBC, 16 July 2026

Definition of guided

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The company already piloted similar supplier data workflows through a collaboration with Microsoft, one of its backers alongside the Ford Foundation, Hamilton Lane and S&P Global.

— Arthur Zackiewicz, Footwear News, 14 July 2026
Near the end of the demo, one of us piloted a ship while the other used a turret to shoot enemies and space debris.

— Zackery Cuevas, PC Magazine, 7 July 2026

Definition of piloted

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The last group is led by board president Heather Fargo, who served as mayor of Sacramento from 2000-2008.

— Graham Womack, Sacbee.com, 17 July 2026
This association with high status, as well as a rudimentary analysis of the size of the bones, led archaeologists to conclude that the burial belonged to a man.

— Jack Guy, CNN Money, 17 July 2026

Definition of led

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In this Wild West of college athletics, when every player is an unrestricted free agent every year, some schools have navigated the transfer terrain better than others.

— Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 17 July 2026
The book details how Schnipper navigated grief following the death of his nearly two-year-old son Renzo in 2021.

— Alex Suskind, Pitchfork, 17 July 2026