in aid of
idiom
chiefly British
: in order to help (something or someone)
The event is being held in aid of charity.
in aid of refugees
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They were found guilty in March after a two-week trial of murder-for-hire and attempted murder in aid of racketeering, among other charges.
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Marc Ramirez, USA Today, 31 Oct. 2025
And throughout the fields of medicine and biology, machine learning is solving scientific problems like the prediction of protein structure in aid of drug discovery, which was recognized with a Nobel Prize in 2024.
—Bruce Schneier, IEEE Spectrum, 29 Oct. 2025
He was previously convicted of assault in aid of racketeering and sentenced t0 58 months in prison.
—Daniel Arkin, NBC news, 25 Oct. 2025
Trippe, 56, eventually pleaded guilty to a federal charge of assault with a deadly weapon in aid of racketeering, and earlier this month a judge sentenced him to two years and nine months in federal prison.
—Alex Riggins, Mercury News, 25 July 2025
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Marc Ramirez, USA Today, 31 Oct. 2025
And throughout the fields of medicine and biology, machine learning is solving scientific problems like the prediction of protein structure in aid of drug discovery, which was recognized with a Nobel Prize in 2024.
—Bruce Schneier, IEEE Spectrum, 29 Oct. 2025
He was previously convicted of assault in aid of racketeering and sentenced t0 58 months in prison.
—Daniel Arkin, NBC news, 25 Oct. 2025
Trippe, 56, eventually pleaded guilty to a federal charge of assault with a deadly weapon in aid of racketeering, and earlier this month a judge sentenced him to two years and nine months in federal prison.
—Alex Riggins, Mercury News, 25 July 2025
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