as in guides
one that accompanies another for protection, guidance, or as a courtesy
the mayor served as the First Lady's escort for her tour of the city
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to go along with in order to provide assistance, protection, or companionship
a student from the college escorted my parents and me on our tour of the campus
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Recent Examples of escorts
Doyle Rice, USA Today, 4 Feb. 2026
Israeli and Egyptian officials have said that 50 medical evacuees would depart — along with two caregiver escorts — and 50 Palestinians who left during the war would return.
—Wafaa Shurafa, Los Angeles Times, 3 Feb. 2026
Volunteers have also organized grocery deliveries and court escorts for neighbors facing the threat of capture and deportation.
—Elizabeth Bruenig, The Atlantic, 28 Jan. 2026
Houthis Rattling Sabers Even as the deployment of CSG-3 was meant to promote stability, the arrival of the carrier and escorts could result in just the opposite.
—Peter Suciu, Forbes.com, 26 Jan. 2026
Kelly and others screaming such obscenities as parishioners enter and exit the sanctuary has culminated in the parish’s requests for police escorts.
—Mia Cathell, The Washington Examiner, 22 Jan. 2026
Many of those women were paid escorts.
—Martin E. Comas, The Orlando Sentinel, 22 Jan. 2026
Maduro and his wife also allegedly worked together between 2004 and 2015, with the help of military escorts, to traffic cocaine seized by Venezuelan law enforcement.
—Jacob Rosen, CBS News, 3 Jan. 2026
Rubber bullets, pepper balls and tear gas have been fired at demonstrators, while employees of the facility have sought escorts into the building and had their tires slashed, according to court papers.
—Ella Lee, The Hill, 23 Dec. 2025
Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 16 Nov. 2025
Medlin escorts me down the hall to the judge’s office, where Skeet is in a meeting with some local men.
—Mitch Moxley, Rolling Stone, 27 Sep. 2025
Foreign reporters can currently only enter Gaza when the Israeli military allows and escorts them.
—Filip Timotija, The Hill, 15 Aug. 2025
The winner will arrive by private car and be welcomed by a personal concierge who escorts them to the bed placed right next to the baseline.
—Jordi Lippe-McGraw, Forbes.com, 13 Aug. 2025
Noun
Finally, be sure to heed instructions in those areas where the California Highway Patrol is providing escorts.
—Doyle Rice, USA Today, 4 Feb. 2026
Israeli and Egyptian officials have said that 50 medical evacuees would depart — along with two caregiver escorts — and 50 Palestinians who left during the war would return.
—Wafaa Shurafa, Los Angeles Times, 3 Feb. 2026
Volunteers have also organized grocery deliveries and court escorts for neighbors facing the threat of capture and deportation.
—Elizabeth Bruenig, The Atlantic, 28 Jan. 2026
Houthis Rattling Sabers Even as the deployment of CSG-3 was meant to promote stability, the arrival of the carrier and escorts could result in just the opposite.
—Peter Suciu, Forbes.com, 26 Jan. 2026
Kelly and others screaming such obscenities as parishioners enter and exit the sanctuary has culminated in the parish’s requests for police escorts.
—Mia Cathell, The Washington Examiner, 22 Jan. 2026
Many of those women were paid escorts.
—Martin E. Comas, The Orlando Sentinel, 22 Jan. 2026
Maduro and his wife also allegedly worked together between 2004 and 2015, with the help of military escorts, to traffic cocaine seized by Venezuelan law enforcement.
—Jacob Rosen, CBS News, 3 Jan. 2026
Rubber bullets, pepper balls and tear gas have been fired at demonstrators, while employees of the facility have sought escorts into the building and had their tires slashed, according to court papers.
—Ella Lee, The Hill, 23 Dec. 2025
Verb
Enriquez’s organization, Little Village Community Council, saw its volunteer walking group which escorts children to school, grow from 13 to 32 students.
—Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 16 Nov. 2025
Medlin escorts me down the hall to the judge’s office, where Skeet is in a meeting with some local men.
—Mitch Moxley, Rolling Stone, 27 Sep. 2025
Foreign reporters can currently only enter Gaza when the Israeli military allows and escorts them.
—Filip Timotija, The Hill, 15 Aug. 2025
The winner will arrive by private car and be welcomed by a personal concierge who escorts them to the bed placed right next to the baseline.
—Jordi Lippe-McGraw, Forbes.com, 13 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for escorts
Noun
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Companion planting guides are a useful resource for planning the vegetable garden.—
Peg Aloi,
The Spruce,
5 Feb. 2026
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Some guides worried that the decertification would mean the team might continue to ignore their safety concerns.—
Steve Henson,
Los Angeles Times,
5 Feb. 2026
Verb
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Brundage accompanies his narrative of evolving prison policies with voices and stories of individual men.—
Drew Gilpin Faust,
The Atlantic,
8 Feb. 2026
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The editorial accompanies a study that analyzed data from all of Connecticut’s census block groups, looking at the median travel time to the nearest opioid treatment program by car and public transit.—
Theresa Gaffney,
STAT,
4 Feb. 2026
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The chief ’s wife ordered her husband’s guards to remain outside, allowing only her female attendants to go with her to Ka`uiki Cave, deep into the heart of the hill.—
Jasmin 'Iolani Hakes,
Literary Hub,
5 Feb. 2026
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As the athletes point out, some work-study students have jobs in athletics, such as student ticket takers, seating attendants and food concession workers at NCAA contests.—
Michael McCann,
Sportico.com,
4 Feb. 2026
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The team’s mean average height is 6-foot-4 due to the notable shortness of main rotation guards Tre Jones (6-foot-1) and Rob Dillingham (6-foot-2) and two-way guards Yuki Kawamura (5-foot-7) and Mac McClung (6-foot-2).—
Colleen Kane,
Chicago Tribune,
10 Feb. 2026
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The team is paying a ton of money to starting guards Damien Lewis and Robert Hunt, so Zavala’s only avenue for playing time is as backup insurance.—
Mike Kaye
February 10,
Charlotte Observer,
10 Feb. 2026
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French sister companies The Jokers Films and Logical Pictures International (LPI) have boarded Michel Gondry‘s upcoming film Little Fears.—
Melanie Goodfellow,
Deadline,
9 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Some experts have warned about the mental health risks of relying on AI companions for emotional support, especially for young people.—
Alyssa Goldberg,
USA Today,
14 Feb. 2026
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On Friday, the company plans to shutter its GPT-4o model — widely considered the most emotionally intelligent on the market, and often used for individuals’ companions.—
Rachyl Jones,
semafor.com,
13 Feb. 2026
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