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noun

Definition of shepherdingnext
as in steering

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verb

present participle of shepherd
as in guiding
to give advice and instruction to (someone) regarding the course or process to be followed shepherding her through the procedure of taking out a loan

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for shepherding
  1. guiding
  2. management
  3. leadership
  4. running
  5. administration
  6. governance
  7. direction
  8. control
Verb
  • In his new role as executive chairman, Patrick will focus on long-term strategic partnerships and guiding the group to thrive sustainably in an evolving regional and global landscape.
    Ritu Upadhyay, WWD, 23 Dec. 2024
  • So that’s my guiding light, through just historical data.
    Michael Schneider, Variety, 23 Dec. 2024
Definition of guiding
Noun
  • One element of fixing problems was investing heavily in building their own technologies, whether that involves the factory machinery, the management software that runs their plants, or the back-end systems that handle their data.
    Jim Vinoski, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
  • The automaker has faced financial struggles, management upheavals and reputational damage following the 2018 arrest of former chairman Carlos Ghosn.
    Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 23 Dec. 2024
Definition of management
Noun
  • Another was unusually effective legislative leadership: Congress passed 76 percent of his initiatives.
    Arthur House, Hartford Courant, 30 Dec. 2024
  • All the program managers and other center directors gathered there along with NASA’s top leadership.
    Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 30 Dec. 2024
Definition of leadership
Noun
  • Vice President Kamala Harris and her Democratic running mate, Gov. Tim Walz of Minnesota, received 1,056,265.
    Melissa Brown, The Tennessean, 20 Dec. 2024
  • This year was an especially good one for fiction, with a number of debut novels topping bestseller lists and in the running for some of the top awards in literature.
    Lizz Schumer, People.com, 20 Dec. 2024
Definition of running
Noun
  • The attacks by al-Qaida killed nearly 3,000 people on Sept. 11, 2001, and helped spur U.S. invasions of Afghanistan and Iraq in what the George W. Bush administration called its war on terror.
    Democrat-Gazette staff from wire reports, arkansasonline.com, 1 Jan. 2025
  • Washington has the people and the vision to stand up to any unconstitutional actions by a second Trump administration.
    Dan Gooding, Newsweek, 1 Jan. 2025
Definition of administration
Noun
  • In countries whose governance systems were nascent, local-scale and unprepared to absorb massive external capital inflows, credit ratings found grudging acceptance as a proxy credit-governance mechanism.
    Ann Rutledge, Forbes, 31 Dec. 2024
  • The Japanese government and the Tokyo Stock Exchange have been putting pressure on companies to improve their corporate governance and capital allocation over the past decade, with a view to drawing in more international investors.
    George Nelson, ARTnews.com, 28 Dec. 2024
Definition of governance
Noun
  • Microsoft has not openly declared there is a deal that’s left them out, but has made sure its public statements heavily point in that direction and away from potential hardware problems.
    Paul Tassi, Forbes, 2 Jan. 2025
  • Video of the incident captures the truck exploding in a ball of fire, and fireworks can also be seen going off in all directions.
    Michael Dorgan, Fox News, 2 Jan. 2025
Definition of direction
Noun
  • Although exerting absolute control over the PLA may not be possible, Xi has tried.
    Sam Bresnick, Foreign Affairs, 31 Dec. 2024
  • The Vikings were in full control against Green Bay until the Packers scored 15 points in the fourth quarter.
    Ted Nguyen, The Athletic, 31 Dec. 2024
Definition of control
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