as in assistant
a person who helps a more skilled person
the nurse's aide will bring you an extra pillow served as an aide in his father's senatorial campaign
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Recent Examples of aide
The same workers who keep this country running every single day—home care aides, teachers, bus drivers and janitors who can’t afford to get sick.
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Linda Goler Blount, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 Oct. 2025
Wyden’s aide rejected outright the concept that the Finance Committee lacks proper jurisdiction.
—Kevin Fixler, Idaho Statesman, 30 Oct. 2025
Her $15-an-hour job as an instructional aide had been enough to scrape together her mortgage payment.
—Jayme Fraser, USA Today, 30 Oct. 2025
During a September day of back-to-back meetings and campaign stops, Mary Sheffield stepped out of city hall to find her top aide waiting in the parking lot.
—Violet Ikonomova, Freep.com, 30 Oct. 2025
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Linda Goler Blount, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 Oct. 2025
Wyden’s aide rejected outright the concept that the Finance Committee lacks proper jurisdiction.
—Kevin Fixler, Idaho Statesman, 30 Oct. 2025
Her $15-an-hour job as an instructional aide had been enough to scrape together her mortgage payment.
—Jayme Fraser, USA Today, 30 Oct. 2025
During a September day of back-to-back meetings and campaign stops, Mary Sheffield stepped out of city hall to find her top aide waiting in the parking lot.
—Violet Ikonomova, Freep.com, 30 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for aide
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Freshman Rashad McCants scored 25 points on 10-of-15 shooting for the Tar Heels, who were coached in the Preseason NIT semifinal by former Jayhawk assistant Matt Doherty.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
5 Nov. 2025
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The assistant can handle more complex requests too.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
5 Nov. 2025
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The changes arrived as more ranching operations close around the country, though some cattle growers say the president should also end aid to foreign beef producers.—
John Leos,
AZCentral.com,
25 Oct. 2025
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A lot of the new arrivals are already badly malnourished, as aid provision has largely been cut off for their homes in northern Rakhine – where the military has been accused of using hunger as a weapon of war.—
Rebecca Wright,
CNN Money,
25 Oct. 2025
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Related Articles The fashion coffee table book‘s 406 pages take readers on a journey, starting at the time when Louis Vuitton left his hometown of Jura, France and ventured to Paris, becoming a trunk maker’s apprentice.—
Stacia Datskovska,
Footwear News,
31 Oct. 2025
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The Fire Cadet program, which is offered through the City of Milwaukee, is a two-year apprentice-style program for youth ages 17 to 19.—
Cathy Kozlowicz,
jsonline.com,
30 Oct. 2025
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At the time, there were an estimated 450 greater adjutant storks left in the region.—
Kyla Mandel,
TIME,
20 Feb. 2025
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Since 2019, when Woodward took over as the Gooding adjutant, that totals more than $23,000, according to an accounting obtained by the Statesman from the county clerk through a public records request.—
Kevin Fixler,
Idaho Statesman,
13 July 2024
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The impact of the storm was worsened by clogged waterways in an already flood-prone area, and an apparent lack of understanding of early warnings, Bernardo Rafaelito Alejandro IV, deputy administrator for the Philippines Office of Civil Defense told local media.—
Helen Regan,
CNN Money,
6 Nov. 2025
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Darbin Wofford, deputy director of health care for the centrist Democratic group Third Way, said even if there’s an agreement that reopens the government without a subsidy extension, Republicans already own the consequences.—
Nathaniel Weixel,
The Hill,
6 Nov. 2025
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“Aide.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/aide. Accessed 7 Nov. 2025.
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