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steering

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verb

present participle of steer
1
as in guiding
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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2
as in piloting
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 steering
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 According to store management logs shared with TIME, Claude required regular steering by a staffer on the Andon Labs team. Billy Perrigo, Time, 14 Aug. 2026 The yoke-like steering features hammered aluminum bits, referencing the armor worn by medieval knights. Abhimanyu Ghoshal, New Atlas, 13 Aug. 2026 The super-aggressive rear-wheel steering feels unnatural and impossible. Andrew P. Collins, The Drive, 12 Aug. 2026 To imitate a spaceship’s steering mechanism, Walsh added PlayStation 3 Move controllers to the space. Rachel Raposas, PEOPLE, 10 Aug. 2026 The droptop also has more responsive braking and greater precision in steering than what’s found with the Roma. Howard Walker, Robb Report, 7 Aug. 2026 Below the picture is a button to create a cleaning schedule, a Start/Pause button, and a four-way controller button for remote steering. John R. Delaney, PC Magazine, 6 Aug. 2026
Verb
The fiscally moderate governor has frustrated labor by steering $11 billion since 2020 into debt reduction and away from spending on current services. Keith M. Phaneuf, Hartford Courant, 14 Aug. 2026 On the other hand, Tracey Wooster, the founder of Tracey Wooster Design in Charlotte, North Carolina, suggests steering away from viscose rugs. Sarah Lyon, Southern Living, 12 Aug. 2026 Semafor reported that executives at major networks are already gaming out responses, from steering audio listeners toward Apple Podcasts to organizing collective pressure on Spotify. Gabriel Alin Zainescu, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2026 Local shoppers react Some shoppers have remained cautious over the last couple of weeks, steering away from produce linked to cyclosporiasis and salmonella. Kaicey Baylor, CBS News, 9 Aug. 2026 After steering some of the funds toward naloxone and addiction-treatment programs, Hubbard began researching alternative rehabilitation therapies. Michelle Lhooq, New Yorker, 7 Aug. 2026 Musk is steering the vast majority of SpaceX’s expenditures toward AI, a business that is growing rapidly, though not at the rate of all that spending. Bloomberg, Mercury News, 5 Aug. 2026 At the meeting with Anutin, Min Aung Hlaing sought to reassure Thailand that his government was restoring stability and steering Myanmar toward democracy. ABC News, 5 Aug. 2026 Strong corporate profits and expectations for more growth ahead have been steering stocks higher. Damian J. Troise, Los Angeles Times, 5 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for steering
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
Verb
  • Surrogacy agreements are most often private, and there are few federal standards guiding the practice, Ziegler said.
    Lauren Mascarenhas, CNN Money, 20 Aug. 2026
  • Since vintage base ball league teams agree to abide by the same rules used in 1858, only 37 rules are applied to the sport, as compared to today’s numerous regulations guiding the players of today’s baseball games.
    Philip Potempa, Chicago Tribune, 20 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Douglas County has embraced piloting many programs over the last three years.
    Michelle Griego, CBS News, 12 Aug. 2026
  • Seventy-four percent of the world’s largest enterprises now run at least one AI solution in production and 93% are piloting or further along.
    Sandy Carter, Forbes.com, 6 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • Organized crime operations from several cities, including Chicago, New York and Detroit, had established control of casinos up and down the Vegas Strip and devised schemes to skim percentages of the cash under the noses of state regulators.
    Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN Money, 21 Aug. 2026
  • Republicans hope to pick up seven of Missouri’s eight congressional seats amid a bitter fight for control of Congress.
    Kacen Bayless, Kansas City Star, 21 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Lenti Ponsetto, after 18 years leading DePaul athletics—and 42 years overall at the private Big East school—announced her retirement in June 2020, just six weeks after Conviser filed her initial suit in Cook County court.
    Daniel Libit, Sportico.com, 17 Aug. 2026
  • Morris has held other leadership roles in education before stepping into her current position, first leading the school’s Dallas-area campus in Irving, Texas, then returning to the Atlanta area last year to lead the campus in Decatur.
    Carson Bonner, AJC.com, 17 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Companies are navigating economic uncertainty, a highly selective capital environment, market volatility, and rapid technological change driven by AI, Ackerman said.
    Sheryl Estrada, Fortune, 18 Aug. 2026
  • From there, the track winds through downtown, with drivers navigating turns on 9th Street, Constitution Avenue, 7th Street and Independence Avenue before making the final turn back toward the Capitol and the start-finish line.
    Mike Stunson, USA Today, 18 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • This disclosure prompted church leadership to meet with the accuser and her mother, which ultimately resulted in a report to the child abuse hotline that same month.
    John Lynch, Arkansas Online, 21 Aug. 2026
  • The Moon enters Sagittarius and your 10th House of Career, Reputation, and Authority, putting attention on your role, leadership, deadlines, or visibility.
    Tarot.com, Baltimore Sun, 20 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • Amid Russia's latest barrage, at least one drone was reported as having crossed into NATO airspace in Romania, from the direction of Moldova.
    David Brennan, ABC News, 16 Aug. 2026
  • Ford took one final adventure as the legendary character under the direction of James Mangold with Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny.
    Tim Lammers, Forbes.com, 16 Aug. 2026

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“Steering.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/steering. Accessed 22 Aug. 2026.

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