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noun

as in teaching

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mentoring

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verb

present participle of mentor

as in guiding

to give advice and instruction to (someone) regarding the course or process to be followed we're looking for volunteers to mentor students in the theater arts

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Recent Examples of mentoring

Noun

Atwell, who grew up playing quarterback in Liberty City and then starred at Miami Northwestern, suggested that his mentoring of the team’s young receivers shouldn’t go overlooked. — Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 27 Aug. 2026 Students are able to participate in industry field trips, job shadowing, career mentoring, mock interviewing, and potential internship or externship opportunities. — Brett Barrouquere, Arkansas Online, 24 Aug. 2026 Collaboration, mentoring and organizational culture can benefit from in-person interaction. — Akolisa Ufodike, Forbes.com, 20 Aug. 2026 As a result, despite having been paired together for years, very little mentoring has occurred. — Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 14 Aug. 2026 Another goal for Bank of America is to boost in-person collaboration, which leadership views as critical for teamwork, mentoring, networking and long-term career growth. — Charlotte Observer, 13 Aug. 2026 Some 25 participants connected to six projects gathered in person in Locarno for six days of mentoring and networking during the festival this year. — Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 10 Aug. 2026 Schoen said students also receive direct mentoring from ComEd employees as part of the program, and past participants have gone on to work at ComEd. — Olivia Stevens, Chicago Tribune, 26 July 2026

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 After his playing career concluded, Brigance joined the Ravens as the director of player development, guiding and mentoring players through the unknowns of life after football. — Baltimore Sun Staff, Baltimore Sun, 17 Aug. 2026 Kyle Chandler is Hal Jordan, a veteran Lantern mentoring Aaron Pierre’s John Stewart. — Stephen Schaefer, Boston Herald, 17 Aug. 2026 Miami’s spent two years investing in the unpolished pass rusher, with mixed views, and the hope is that the playing time, and all the mentoring Robinson received the past two seasons begins to pay off in 2026. — Omar Kelly august 6, Miami Herald, 6 Aug. 2026 Consider helping at an animal shelter, mentoring someone, working with a local arts organization, supporting a food pantry, or volunteering at community events. — Jessica Safavimehr, Southern Living, 30 July 2026 The event benefits Boys to Men Mentoring, which has been helping teenage boys navigate adolescence through mentoring for nearly 30 years. — Linda McIntosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 July 2026 Even my foundation, [the Emeril Lagasse Foundation], the inspiration is mentoring young people. — Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 28 July 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for mentoring

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

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

Definition of coaching

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

Among the things the neighborhood would stand to benefit from, De La Torre said, are financial and legal support for street vendors who keep the commerce district alive, drug treatment programs, and housing assistance.

— Marissa J. Lang, NPR, 28 Aug. 2026
The assistance, which helps pay for basic needs such as housing and food, would nearly double under a new policy.

— Ted Hesson, Washington Post, 28 Aug. 2026

Definition of assistance

Verb

Analysts also underscored that all cylinders of the Indian economy were firing, with high-frequency indicators showing that consumption and investment in the country were holding up.

— Priyanka Salve, CNBC, 3 Sep. 2026
But the situation is far more tragic, with videos on social media showing dozens of coffins lined up beside mass graves, awaiting burial before the bodies decompose in the heat.

— ABC News, ABC News, 3 Sep. 2026

Definition of showing

Noun

İnönü, resisting advice from military leaders to ignore the result, resigned from the presidency and took up a new role as the leader of the opposition in the parliament.

— Nick TaborAll, Encyclopedia Britannica, 2 Sep. 2026
That's not the best sports gambling advice to give out numbers like that.

— David Troy OutKick, FOXNews.com, 2 Sep. 2026

Definition of advice

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