as in guided
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 ushered
There’s a broad consensus among them that these Baroque-era jewels are heirlooms to be treasured and gently ushered into the modern world without ripping out their soul.
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Rosalyn Wikeley, Condé Nast Traveler, 10 Jan. 2026
He’s been ushered into this new TV family with open arms.
—Lisa Gutierrez, Kansas City Star, 9 Jan. 2026
That was the era when Democrats, with President Obama, ushered the Affordable Care Act and other signature legislation to law.
—Lisa Mascaro, Los Angeles Times, 8 Jan. 2026
But Canvot ushered Buendia off the pitch to earn a goal kick and snuff out a potentially dangerous attack.
—Matt Woosnam, New York Times, 8 Jan. 2026
The melee was broken up by authorities quickly, though the yelling continued as they were ushered out of the room.
—Brian Niemietz, New York Daily News, 2 Jan. 2026
One handled the gate, the other ushered the cows through, and no help was required from the older generation of Wallaces.
—Bennett Durando, Denver Post, 25 Dec. 2025
That is, until 2003, when its birds flew — or, more accurately, were carefully moved — and ushered about 16 miles northeast to the newer attraction.
—Howard Cohen, Miami Herald, 7 Nov. 2025
Oz and others tended to him as reporters and photographers were quickly ushered out of the room.
—Michelle Stoddart, ABC News, 6 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for ushered
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Several Venezuela residents told TIME that the fear of what might be discovered on their phone at a checkpoint has guided their behavior in the days since Maduro's ouster.—
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Since launch, mission teams have guided the observatory steadily toward L1.—
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Newsom has long been a favorite of affluent donors, drawing support from a set of elite San Francisco families — including branches of the Getty, Pritzker, and Fisher fortunes — who have collectively steered tens of millions of dollars to his campaigns over more than two decades.—
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In turn, those officers steered ships to the Southeast Asian ports controlled by Francis and his company, Glenn Defense Marine Asia.—
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Then, in August 2014, her Modern Family costar Julie Bowen intervened and helped Hyland end her relationship, which, per Hyland's restraining order filing, allegedly led Prokop to threaten to kill her dog and burn down her house.—
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Park led a presentation Friday morning in the Council Chamber during the City Council’s first session of the new year following a three-week recess.—
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Rheinmetall revealed that the technology will reduce the production costs of green hydrogen through lower investment in the overall system, accompanied by a doubling of power density or an improvement in efficiency of over 10%.—
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Each president's portrait is accompanied by a placard describing events during their time in office, including Clinton's impeachment.—
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Cellphone data showed Fuentes was at the crash site, immediately went home and then returned in a different car within 20 minutes, the affidavit said.—
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Videos of the shooting in Minnesota showed federal agents approaching Good’s SUV stopped in the middle of a neighborhood street.—
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The poll, conducted between December 21, 2025, to January 6, 2026, surveyed 808 Marylanders.—
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Resilience has now flown four of those; the capsule also conducted Crew-1, SpaceX first operational astronaut mission to the International Space Station (ISS) for NASA, as well as Inspiration4 and Polaris Dawn, the company's first and most recent private crew launches to Earth orbit, respectively.—
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The suspects were then caught on camera getting handcuffed and escorted to a police cruiser, body camera footage shows.—
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At the end, as Hocking was being escorted back to jail, a family member from the courtroom gallery waved at him.—
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“Ushered.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ushered. Accessed 20 Jan. 2026.
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