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as in teaching

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coaching

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verb

present participle of coach

as in guiding

to give advice and instruction to (someone) regarding the course or process to be followed carefully coached her through the home-buying process

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Recent Examples of coaching

Noun

The biggest challenge for Harley in his first head coaching role has been staying connected with all of the different arms of the athletic department that go into supporting a football team, from equipment and facilities to tickets and marketing. — Colleen Kane, Chicago Tribune, 28 Aug. 2026 Between then and now, the club has held 21 practices and played two preseason games, giving the coaching and personnel staffs ample time to evaluate. — Sam McDowell, Kansas City Star, 27 Aug. 2026 Also, his placement on certain special teams packages tells us that the coaching staff expects to use him in those roles quite a bit. — Nick Harris, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 27 Aug. 2026 That rough stretch put mounting pressure on Hoyos, leading to the coaching change. — Michelle Kaufman, Miami Herald, 27 Aug. 2026 Zillow cut more than 500 people earlier this month, announced the day before earnings, according to executive coaching firm Challenger, Gray & Christmas. — Maria Colacurcio, Fortune, 27 Aug. 2026 The companies also plan to bring pieces of DRX’s existing academy setup to Indonesia, with organized coaching, camps held in Korea and routes for Indonesian players to break into the region’s pro gaming circuit. — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 26 Aug. 2026 Dallas cleaned house on the defensive coaching staff, hiring 34-year-old defensive backs coach Christian Parker from Philadelphia as their new coordinator. — David Troy Outkick, FOXNews.com, 26 Aug. 2026 Now, 2½ months after firing Straus, Parsons is deep into another coaching search. — Assistant Sports Editor, Los Angeles Times, 26 Aug. 2026

Verb

Perhaps his greatest legacy at UCF is Dean was coaching in 1991 when UCF finally moved out of its tiny dank gymnasium and into its first legitimate basketball arena — a sparkling, by UCF standards, 5,100-seat facility. — Mike Bianchi, The Orlando Sentinel, 28 Aug. 2026 The Seahawks job was coaching running backs, Hammock’s specialty, and included a senior offensive assistant title. — Colleen Kane, Chicago Tribune, 28 Aug. 2026 The Valkyries’ coaching staff’s pleas to the officiating crew for a flagrant foul call were not successful. — Marisa Ingemi, Mercury News, 28 Aug. 2026 After one season of sorcerer play calling, offensive coordinator Klint Kubiak took the Raiders’ head coaching job. — David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 27 Aug. 2026 Once he was even kicked out of a game while coaching his kid’s flag-football game. — Mckay Coppins, The Atlantic, 27 Aug. 2026 Fernandez earned his way back as a senior, then started coaching as a student assistant pursuing an associate’s degree at Miami-Dade College in the early 1990s, washing uniforms and sweeping floors and filling ball racks and taping ankles. — Brian Hamilton, New York Times, 26 Aug. 2026 An even bigger worry among the fantasy community is the coaching staff’s comments about Thomas being used as the field-stretcher to open up the middle of the field for Washington and Meyers. — Jonathan Rubin, Charlotte Observer, 26 Aug. 2026 Bailey left after the 2025 seaso to accept the football head coaching position at Beverly Hills High. — Steve Fryer, Oc Register, 21 Aug. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for coaching

Noun

Brother Govindananda, a monk with the order, said his organization sees AI simply as the next step to helping people access the late guru’s teachings through an online teaching portal — just as books did for previous generations.

— ABC News, ABC News, 28 Aug. 2026
John Warner, a writer and expert on the teaching of writing in the AI age, has visited universities in different parts of the country to observe how students are embracing AI.

— Livi Stanford, Hartford Courant, 28 Aug. 2026

Definition of teaching

Verb

Human judgment will remain essential, although the quality of the system guiding that judgment will become increasingly important.

— Goran Paun, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2026
For example, Nvidia delivered an incredible earnings report last week and gave an extremely bullish revenue outlook for fiscal 2028, guiding for 70% year-over-year revenue growth versus analyst expectations of roughly 45%.

— Jeff Marks, CNBC, 1 Sep. 2026

Definition of guiding

Noun

La Palma employs low-energy lighting and air conditioning and is committed to paper reduction using QR codes in the room instead.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 3 Sep. 2026
Still, given the national attention given last winter to the air conditioning not working properly in an Angel Stadium weight room, Neto said the evaluation from the Rams’ locker room was glowing.

— Bill Shaikin, Los Angeles Times, 2 Sep. 2026

Definition of conditioning

Verb

There will be opportunities to learn from experienced directors who would take on a mentoring role.

— Melissa A. Wheeler, Forbes.com, 28 Aug. 2026
With Untitled for 12 years, Schmidt has worked across the company’s New York and Los Angeles offices, taking on increasing leadership and strategic responsibility within the talent department, while mentoring the next generation of managers.

— Matt Grobar, Deadline, 19 Aug. 2026

Definition of mentoring

Noun

The orbital system combines cell and tissue cultivation, fluid and media management, environmental control, processing, separation, harvesting, and quality monitoring in a closed-loop system.

— Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 2 Sep. 2026
This airborne cyborg—manufactured by XAG, an agricultural-technology company that also makes autonomous vehicles, sensor systems, and other smart-farming tools—is simultaneously an agent of cultivation and destruction.

— Pablo Larios, Artforum, 1 Sep. 2026

Definition of cultivation

Verb

The teen version includes stronger safety protections, parental controls and features designed to emphasize learning and tutoring rather than simply helping kids cheat on their homework.

— Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 18 Aug. 2026
Experts stressed engaging in activities that provide purpose and build meaningful connection; volunteering at a food bank or tutoring children was repeatedly recommended.

— Taylor Seely, USA Today, 1 Aug. 2026

Definition of tutoring

Noun

There will always be a big difference between training and education.

— Raghu Krishnaiah, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2026
Party leaders laid out proposals for relieving poverty, improving social security, and reforming the education system and admitted members from backgrounds unusual for the CHP, including a Kurdish activist and a union leader.

— Nick TaborAll, Encyclopedia Britannica, 2 Sep. 2026

Definition of education

Noun

The company also sees a possible path for JR3 technology beyond training.

— Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 29 Aug. 2026
This is viewed as part of his decentralization agenda, aiming to transfer powers in areas such as skills training and select tax authorities from London to local combined authorities.

— , CNBC, 28 Aug. 2026

Definition of training

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