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guides

  • plural
    of guide.
    guide
    verb (used with object)
    to assist (a person) to travel through, or reach a destination in, an unfamiliar area, as by accompanying or giving directions to the person.
  • present tense form
    of guide (3rd person singular).
    guide
    verb (used with object)
    to assist (a person) to travel through, or reach a destination in, an unfamiliar area, as by accompanying or giving directions to the person.

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A UC spokesperson said the state’s master plan, which guides how California’s three public higher education systems work together, should be reimagined “for today’s higher education needs” but did not directly address the bills.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 19, 2026

He shakes our hands, guides us toward Baker Library.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026

This is also how I see the Image Makers collected in this issue: as guides of the culture here.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026

The local Shizuoka government and official mountain guides posted video clips and photos from the mountain Thursday morning, showing access roads and gravel trails covered with dense mist and rain.

From Barron's ● Sep. 10, 2026

For us lads of eighteen they ought to have been mediators and guides to the world of maturity, the world of work, of duty, of culture, of progress—to the future.

From "All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel" by Erich Maria Remarque