STEERED Synonyms: 32 Similar and Opposite Words

steered

verb

past tense of steer

as in guided

to point out the way for (someone) especially from a position in front the man in the train station was able to steer us in the right direction

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as in piloted

to operate or control the course of first needed to learn how to steer her personal watercraft before going out on the crowded lake

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Recent Examples of steered The plane’s first officer, an Omani man named Hamam al-Hammami, had assaulted the plane’s Indian captain with an emergency axe and steered the aircraft into a nosedive. — Sudarsan Raghavan, New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2026 Backup Ty Dieffenbach steered UCLA to a win, but the Bruins need better quarterback depth. — Connor Dullinger, Los Angeles Times, 12 Oct. 2026 Beijing has also steered state banks to provide financing to priority industries like electric vehicles, robotics, artificial intelligence and renewable energy. — Jason Ma, Fortune, 11 Oct. 2026 The prologue starts in 1986 in Newfoundland with a family relocating, uprooting their lives in the most all-encompassing of ways, taking their entire home — propped up on a barge and steered by a lone motorboat — across a bay. — Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 8 Oct. 2026 The world, in other words, is currently being steered by people who don’t like it very much, and Artificial makes the case that this should be very alarming, albeit in a way that’s frustratingly aloof. — Alison Willmore, Vulture, 7 Oct. 2026 The complaint also says that Merrill advisors inappropriately steered clients toward low-interest Bank of America accounts, resulting in substantial financial losses. — Chase Jordan october 6, Charlotte Observer, 6 Oct. 2026 This year, Chinese researchers unveiled a robotic manta ray powered by muscle taken from a frog and steered with light. — New Atlas, 3 Oct. 2026 Tech leaders, led by Elon Musk, have since then regained control and steered the industry to the political right. — Garrison Lovely, semafor.com, 2 Oct. 2026

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In Ukraine, a Russian drone guided by artificial intelligence killed three civilians at a gas station, including a 19-year-old university student.

— Halla Tómasdóttir, Time, 16 Oct. 2026
Lucas put together a roster in one offseason using the transfer portal and guided it to a 26-9 record and the NCAA Tournament following a 13-5 mark in league play.

— Omar Kelly, Miami Herald, 15 Oct. 2026

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Robb Report piloted it around Belgium, and the famed TV show Top Gear reviewed it in what would be its final episode.

— Howard Walker, Robb Report, 14 Oct. 2026
Alongside its longstanding classroom-in-residence program, in which fourth- through sixth-grade classes spend a week at the museum, the Hammer piloted its classroom partnership program under Ryan.

— Jane Horowitz, Los Angeles Times, 12 Oct. 2026

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Northern Gritstone led the round and was joined by Parkwalk Northern Universities Venture Fund, UK Innovation & Science Seed Fund, Wren Capital, and angel investors.

— Allie Garfinkle, Fortune, 16 Oct. 2026
That extension, coupled with Kalshiâ€™s rehearing petitions, has led the gaming industry to believe the company lacks confidence in its case.

— Eleanor Mueller, semafor.com, 16 Oct. 2026