- present participle of guide.
guiding
Americanadjective
noun
Example Sentences
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He called that a guiding principle, particularly for clients who lack counsel.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026
They position telescopes for the night's planets and constellations before guiding visitors from local homestays.
From BBC ● Sep. 26, 2026
But this fall, “one nice thing” has become something of a guiding star.
From Salon ● Sep. 22, 2026
Yeti also backed the fiscal 2026 outlook it provided last month, guiding for sales growth of 7% to 8% on adjusted earnings per share of $2.94 to $3 for this year.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026
In 1768, the Berlin embryologist Caspar Wolff tried to finesse an answer by concocting a guiding principle—vis essentialis corporis, as he called it—that progressively shepherded the maturation of a fertilized egg into a human form.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
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