: one that helps
especially
: a relatively unskilled worker who assists a skilled worker usually by manual labor
Examples of helper in a Sentence
The carpenter measured the wall while one of his helpers brought in the tools.
over the summer Chris worked as a carpenter's helper
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Multiple helpers can slow response during urgent scams and create confusion when fast decisions matter.
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Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 11 Jan. 2026
Mayor Bass also secured 17 positions for supply and maintenance staffing, including heavy-duty mechanics, mechanic helpers, tire repairers, maintenance laborers, toolroom workers, truck operators and more.
—Jeff Nguyen, CBS News, 9 Jan. 2026
While the home robotics industry can find success by addressing smaller problems that require less data and compute, innovators must also solve the much larger problem of how to acquire and protect the data that will fuel, train, and inform our trusty helpers.
—Jason Corso, Fortune, 6 Jan. 2026
Existing types of storage and memory used by traditional computers and even the graphics processing units powering data centers won’t be enough as companies like Google, OpenAI and Anthropic shift from offering simple chatbots to full-fledged AI helpers.
—Lisa Eadicicco, CNN Money, 5 Jan. 2026
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Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 11 Jan. 2026
Mayor Bass also secured 17 positions for supply and maintenance staffing, including heavy-duty mechanics, mechanic helpers, tire repairers, maintenance laborers, toolroom workers, truck operators and more.
—Jeff Nguyen, CBS News, 9 Jan. 2026
While the home robotics industry can find success by addressing smaller problems that require less data and compute, innovators must also solve the much larger problem of how to acquire and protect the data that will fuel, train, and inform our trusty helpers.
—Jason Corso, Fortune, 6 Jan. 2026
Existing types of storage and memory used by traditional computers and even the graphics processing units powering data centers won’t be enough as companies like Google, OpenAI and Anthropic shift from offering simple chatbots to full-fledged AI helpers.
—Lisa Eadicicco, CNN Money, 5 Jan. 2026
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“Helper.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/helper. Accessed 19 Jan. 2026.
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helper
noun
help·er
ˈhel-pər 
: one that helps
especially
: a person who helps a more skilled person
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