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Recent Examples of helpmeet When Harold burned out on being the helpmeet to the rising star, Minnie took his place. 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 See All Example Sentences for helpmeet
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Noun
  • Financial advisory and consultancy Deloitte has inked a deal to bring the AI assistant Claude to the firm's more than 470,000 employees globally, a rollout that CNBC reports is the largest-ever enterprise deployment for the AI startup.
    John Kell, Fortune, 8 Oct. 2025
  • So many Steves… A freak occurrence at Blackpool, where Steve Bruce was sacked as head coach, along with assistant Steve Agnew and coach Stephen Clemence.
    Tim Spiers, New York Times, 8 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Sullivan and Quinn became fast friends, and Quinn went on to serve as a groomsman when Sullivan married his wife, Kate.
    Peter Baugh, New York Times, 7 Oct. 2025
  • At the Nir Oz kibbutz, Ohad (Miki Leon), wife Batsheva (Rotem Sela) and three children are awoken by alarms and seek refuge in their home’s shelter room, which unfortunately has a broken door, forcing a predictable and harrowing outcome.
    Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 7 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • But this White House is, in some ways, rebuilding the 20th-century model, in which powerful and faceless aides steered executives by controlling paperflow.
    Ben Smith, semafor.com, 6 Oct. 2025
  • Though the two met, the source emphasized that the former aide has no way back into the royal fold after the scandal several years ago.
    Janine Henni, PEOPLE, 6 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • But the latest announcement comes amid stark warnings from international aid groups that budget cuts will roll back recent progress.
    Eva Roytburg, Fortune, 11 Oct. 2025
  • Funding for a key food aid program relied on by millions of mothers and infants will likely run out of money in the coming days.
    Zachary Schermele, USA Today, 11 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • He and his apprentices host glass- blowing classes on Fridays and Saturdays (reservation required), when guests can make anything from a bowl to a tumbler to an ornament.
    Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 4 Oct. 2025
  • The house’s historical and architectural value comes from its original creators—husband and wife Sheng Pao Sheng and Shao Fang Sheng, both former apprentices of Wright.
    Soo Kim, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • At the time, there were an estimated 450 greater adjutant storks left in the region.
    Kyla Mandel, TIME, 20 Feb. 2025
  • 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
Noun
  • The long-serving chief executive and deputy chairman does not get voting rights for another five years.
    Andy Naylor, New York Times, 8 Oct. 2025
  • Kimberly Glas is the president and CEO of the National Council of Textile Organizations and former Commerce deputy assistant secretary for textiles, consumer goods, and materials.
    Kimberly Glas, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • This little number is extremely lightweight; just a stylish little sidekick to give you a bit of coverage or accessorize your outfit.
    Nusrat Sultana, Better Homes & Gardens, 8 Oct. 2025
  • Countless fun conversations with Jonas and his Swedish sidekick, Joel Eriksson Ek, and/or our video coach Jonas Plumb about everything but hockey.
    Michael Russo, New York Times, 8 Oct. 2025

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“Helpmeet.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/helpmeet. Accessed 12 Oct. 2025.

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