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adjutant

noun

ˈa-jə-tənt

Definition of adjutant

as in assistant

a person who helps a more skilled person the senator's adjutants and aides always arrive ahead of him on the campaign trail

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Recent Examples of adjutant In the months since fellow senior Legion executives suspended Abrahamson without pay from his statewide adjutant job in April, a number of the roughly 8,000 members in Idaho have called for a change in leadership. — Kevin Fixler, Idaho Statesman, 13 July 2024 Whereas until recently political elites had a degree of decision-making power, the war has made them into the executors of Putin’s will, mere adjutants to the generalissimo. — Michael Kimmage, Foreign Affairs, 13 Mar. 2024 His first innovation, suggested by the director and Factory adjutant Paul Morrissey, was to add the German chanteuse Nico to the Velvets’ lineup. — Jeremy Lybarger, The New Republic, 17 Oct. 2023 In postwar court documents he is referred to as Arājs’s adjutant. — Fintan O’Toole, The New York Review of Books, 20 July 2023 See All Example Sentences for adjutant

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That’s according to the European Commission, which is now cracking down on what that means for AI assistants.

— Lisa Eadicicco, CNN Money, 19 July 2026
The video assistant referee, on the whole, was judged to have been a success.

— Chris Marshall-Bell, New York Times, 19 July 2026

Definition of assistant

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Outside of the president, no one in Washington has more input in crafting ICE’s strategy than White House deputy chief of staff for policy Stephen Miller, White House border czar Tom Homan, and DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin.

— Anna Giaritelli, The Washington Examiner, 19 July 2026
In Venezuela, the US left Maduro’s government in place under the control of his deputy, Delcy Rodríguez; the country was forced to open up its oil and mining to US investors, but not to democratise.

— The Week UK, TheWeek, 19 July 2026

Definition of deputy

Noun

The tedium of the task was how the apprentice became the master.

— Jason Snyder, Forbes.com, 17 July 2026
The sad thing was that within days of becoming an apprentice, he was packed off to hospital for a cartilage operation on a knee that, 10 years later, would bring a permanent end to his career.

— Andy Mitten, New York Times, 17 July 2026

Definition of apprentice

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In impoverished Nepal, where a conservative culture leaves openly transgender people with few legal job options, the impact on aid workers’ lives was particularly crushing.

— ABC News, ABC News, 23 July 2026
What’s more, some creators already build pathways toward peer connection, mutual aid, learning, advocacy, and shared purpose.

— Belonging Forum, Forbes.com, 22 July 2026

Definition of aid

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One day, Michael Giddens, then a lieutenant with Howie-in-the-Hills Police Department, is tracking down leads in a potential contractor fraud case.

— Sean Joseph OutKick, FOXNews.com, 21 July 2026
Kealty was named a Sharks assistant general manager last week, joining Tom Holy and Joe Will as GM Grier’s top lieutenants.

— Curtis Pashelka, Mercury News, 21 July 2026

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