USHERS Synonyms: 27 Similar and Opposite Words

ushers

verb

present tense third-person singular of usher

as in steers

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 ushers Between this and its predecessor, Jordan deftly ushers the franchise into a new era. —

Declan Gallagher, Entertainment Weekly, 5 June 2026 Agnes ushers Becka to the bath, where Becka begs her to run away with her. —

Samantha Stutsman, PEOPLE, 20 May 2026 But Thorpe’s prose ushers us through the eponymous hero’s crises with humor and panache, filtering the bright but naive protagonist-Margo’s evolution through the voice of a narrator-Margo who has developed some perspective. —

Judy Berman, Time, 30 Apr. 2026 Doja’s assistant slips through, gives me the thumbs-up, and ushers me into a dressing room the size of a tennis court, black velvet curtains concealing the walls. —

Liam Hess, Vogue, 18 Mar. 2026 Iran has effectively closed off the Strait of Hormuz, the narrow maritime passageway that ushers roughly 20 percent of global oil supply from the Persian Gulf to the Indian Ocean and beyond. —

Sylvan Lane, The Hill, 8 Mar. 2026 The muted color palette of sage greens and heather pinks ushers the outside in, reminding guests that there’s as much to explore externally as internally. —

Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 24 Feb. 2026 Winner of Best Screenplay at Cannes, Young Mothers ushers viewers into a shelter for single young mothers to portray four of its teenage residents. —

The Week Us, TheWeek, 25 Jan. 2026 The solar eclipse on February 17th marks the beginning of the lunar new year and ushers us into a new state of being. —

Lisa Stardust, Refinery29, 16 Jan. 2026

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That process shapes and steers the beam while reducing hardware complexity.

— Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 8 June 2026
But laboratory confirmation, genomic sequencing to track the strain, the epidemiological analysis that steers the response, and more can be supported from the national and some provincial capitals.

— Tom Frieden, STAT, 6 June 2026