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as in assistant
a person who helps a more skilled person
exasperated, the army surgeon requested a helpmeet who wouldn't faint at the sight of blood
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as in wife
a female partner in a marriage
he and his helpmeet share a passion for rock climbing
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Recent Examples of helpmeet
When Harold burned out on being the helpmeet to the rising star, Minnie took his place.
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Carolyn Kellogg, Los Angeles Times, 24 Apr. 2025
Perhaps even with assistance from our digital helpmeets.
—Arthur Krystal, The New Yorker, 27 Jan. 2025
Rather than serve as helpmeets to men, their husbands often took a backseat.
—Marissa C. Rhodes / Made By History, TIME, 8 Oct. 2024
In a workplace, they’re expected to be helpmeets while also being held up as tokens of acceptance, a dynamic the characters bridle against and use to their advantage.
—Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 5 June 2024
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Carolyn Kellogg, Los Angeles Times, 24 Apr. 2025
Perhaps even with assistance from our digital helpmeets.
—Arthur Krystal, The New Yorker, 27 Jan. 2025
Rather than serve as helpmeets to men, their husbands often took a backseat.
—Marissa C. Rhodes / Made By History, TIME, 8 Oct. 2024
In a workplace, they’re expected to be helpmeets while also being held up as tokens of acceptance, a dynamic the characters bridle against and use to their advantage.
—Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 5 June 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for helpmeet
Noun
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Darrell Smith, assistant commissioner for school choice and parent empowerment, has said about 55% are in kindergarten through fifth grade, while 23% are in middle school and 22% are in high school.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
2 Oct. 2025
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An invitation to visit a friend’s family farm in Kenya in 1956 led to an introduction with the archaeologist Louis Leakey, who hired Goodall as an assistant and secretary.—
Jon Blistein,
Rolling Stone,
1 Oct. 2025
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One post showed Johnson and his wife boating with Bukele and his family on an estuary in El Salvador.—
T. Christian Miller,
ProPublica,
30 Sep. 2025
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In the film, following a pair of rich siblings (Hill & Wiig) who are cut off from their parents, Lane will play the family patriarch, with Midler portraying his wife.—
Matt Grobar,
Deadline,
30 Sep. 2025
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In December 2021, the Treasury Department issued more sanctions against Luna and Marroquin, alleging that the Bukele aides negotiated the secret agreement with the MS-13 gang.—
T. Christian Miller,
ProPublica,
30 Sep. 2025
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The officials encouraged the report’s lead authors including Calley Means, a top aide of Kennedy’s, to take a different approach for the second report and to engage with farmers and others in the food industry, the lobbyists say.—
Dominique Mosbergen,
Time,
29 Sep. 2025
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Inside, the couple meet a mismatch of eccentric characters, like biker Eddie (Meat Loaf), butler Riff-Rat (O'Brien) and doting aid Columbia (Nell Campbell).—
Greta Cross,
USA Today,
27 Sep. 2025
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For its upcoming budget, officials plan to use federal pandemic aid to help fill the gap, MCTS Chief Administrative Officer Sandra Kellner said previously.—
Rory Linnane,
jsonline.com,
27 Sep. 2025
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First introduced in The Clone Wars, Anakin Skywalker's Jedi apprentice finally made her live-action debut in season 2 of The Mandalorian, with Rosario Dawson assuming the role with cool confidence.—
Kevin Jacobsen,
Entertainment Weekly,
28 Sep. 2025
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See more Adrian China, a 19-year-old electrician apprentice from New Jersey, agrees.—
Marquise Francis,
NBC news,
20 Sep. 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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Merck’s shares jumped over 5%, amid an announcement that deputy CEO Kai Beckmann will take the reins currently held by CEO Belén Garijo.—
Tasmin Lockwood,Chloe Taylor,
CNBC,
1 Oct. 2025
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This includes 30 people in Bogo City, a coastal city near to the epicentre of the earthquake with a population of 90,000, ABC News and the BBC reported, citing OCD deputy administrator Bernardo Alejandro.—
Escher Walcott,
PEOPLE,
1 Oct. 2025
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Notably absent was Jennette McCurdy, who played Carly's sarcastic sidekick Sam in the original series.—
Anna Kaufman,
USA Today,
25 Sep. 2025
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Colbert joked that the return did so well that next summer, Disney has announced that its releasing the live-action version of Guillermo & Stitch, referencing Kimmel's sidekick, Guillermo Rodriguez and the movie Lilo & Stitch.—
Becca Longmire,
PEOPLE,
25 Sep. 2025
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“Helpmeet.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/helpmeet. Accessed 2 Oct. 2025.
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