as in guiding
to point out the way for (someone) especially from a position in front
ushered the job applicant into the room and then left
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Recent Examples of ushering
Comprising classmates Nilsson, Nutt, James Falconer, Suellen Rocca, Art Green, and Karl Wirsum, the Who held their first exhibition at Chicago’s Hyde Park Art Center in 1966, ushering a new mode of dank, bawdy rudeness into the city’s milieu.
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Jeremy Lybarger, Artforum, 2 June 2026
Now, there’s a new generation of restaurateurs, eager to express their culinary creativity by highlighting the area’s hyperlocal produce and growing buzz around its polished wines, ushering Lodi into a delicious new chapter.
—Ligaya Malones, Travel + Leisure, 2 June 2026
Flight attendants, while still dressed appropriately and serving drinks and food to fliers, are also frontline employees during aviation incidents, ushering passengers out on slides or handling other emergency situations.
—Alexandra Skores, CNN Money, 30 May 2026
Graduation season is upon us and these celebrity parents are ushering their mini-mes into new beginnings.
—Stephanie Sengwe, PEOPLE, 30 May 2026
Frank was key in ushering the Wall Street bailout through Congress in 2008.
—Patricio Chile, ABC News, 20 May 2026
Morrison led the chicken wing chain for a decade, ushering it through its own IPO and a period of historic growth.
—Amelia Lucas, CNBC, 20 Apr. 2026
Stephanie McMahon Stephanie McMahon, the daughter of WWE founder Vince McMahon, turned into one of the biggest heels of the Attitude Era ushering herself into the business as a valet for several wrestling colleagues, including her father.
—Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 17 Apr. 2026
For the past three seasons, Desherow has led the program with a 30-7 game record, including ushering the team into back-to-back Illinois High School Association (IHSA) 8A State Championships in 2024 and 2023.
—Claire Murphy, Chicago Tribune, 16 Apr. 2026
Jeremy Lybarger, Artforum, 2 June 2026
Now, there’s a new generation of restaurateurs, eager to express their culinary creativity by highlighting the area’s hyperlocal produce and growing buzz around its polished wines, ushering Lodi into a delicious new chapter.
—Ligaya Malones, Travel + Leisure, 2 June 2026
Flight attendants, while still dressed appropriately and serving drinks and food to fliers, are also frontline employees during aviation incidents, ushering passengers out on slides or handling other emergency situations.
—Alexandra Skores, CNN Money, 30 May 2026
Graduation season is upon us and these celebrity parents are ushering their mini-mes into new beginnings.
—Stephanie Sengwe, PEOPLE, 30 May 2026
Frank was key in ushering the Wall Street bailout through Congress in 2008.
—Patricio Chile, ABC News, 20 May 2026
Morrison led the chicken wing chain for a decade, ushering it through its own IPO and a period of historic growth.
—Amelia Lucas, CNBC, 20 Apr. 2026
Stephanie McMahon Stephanie McMahon, the daughter of WWE founder Vince McMahon, turned into one of the biggest heels of the Attitude Era ushering herself into the business as a valet for several wrestling colleagues, including her father.
—Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 17 Apr. 2026
For the past three seasons, Desherow has led the program with a 30-7 game record, including ushering the team into back-to-back Illinois High School Association (IHSA) 8A State Championships in 2024 and 2023.
—Claire Murphy, Chicago Tribune, 16 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for ushering
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Once deployed, Pegasus will be monitored from Earth, with teams in Colorado guiding operations in real time.—
Karen Morfitt,
CBS News,
6 June 2026
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The incident has deepened concerns about the safety of Nepali workers on the mountain, which has seen an explosion of commercial guiding outfitters in recent years.—
Helen Regan,
CNN Money,
5 June 2026
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Proving that less is more, Pelley’s words were accompanied by a clearly happy photo of the former long long time CBS News correspondent steering a boat on the seas.—
Dominic Patten,
Deadline,
6 June 2026
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If companies begin steering easy, high-volume work to cheaper open-source models out of China or elsewhere, then OpenAI and Anthropic stop getting paid for every task.—
Jasmine Wu,Deirdre Bosa,
CNBC,
5 June 2026
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Walking tours begin at the John Bell House, the historic site where 30 delegates met before leading Delaware to become the first state to ratify the US Constitution in 1787.—
Arati Menon,
Condé Nast Traveler,
7 June 2026
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In Sierra Leone, the leading cause of death across all age groups is malaria.—
Imani Cruzen,
Twin Cities,
7 June 2026
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