Vocabulary
Usher
English and Urdu gloss, synonyms and antonyms, and example usage from our editorial sentence cache where available.
English meaning
show or guide (someone) somewhere.
Example sentences (from Dawn)
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If the government is serious about bringing back offshore capital, it must shift from appeals to reforms to usher in a conducive business environment.
Dawn Editorials —
Bringing back wealth
— 2026-04-19
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This set of rulers has more autocratic powers than all set-ups after Gen Musharraf`s, but they only help it to survive; its ability to use them to usher progress is weak.Painful IMF medicine was unleashed as well.
Dawn Editorials —
Clueless on economy
— 2026-01-20
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By other leaders who promise to usher in eras of economic prosperity only to crush us under the weight of taxes.Heck, even our cricketers let us down.Only we manage not to let each other down.
Dawn Editorials —
Out on a limb
— 2026-01-04
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The new consortium gearing up to take ownership of the airline could well usher in a new period of state and business partnerships in the years to come.
Dawn Editorials —
PIA: ready for take-off
— 2025-12-25
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Should he flap his wings post elections, it might usher a tornado in Delhi.
Dawn Editorials —
Yorktown, Galwan and Bihar
— 2025-10-28
Synonyms
escort, help, accompany, assist, show, take, see, show someone the way, lead, lead the way
Curator example
“a waiter ushered me to a table”
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