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
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.
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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
Born May 13, 1930, in Springfield, Massachusetts, Gravel served in the US Army as an adjutant in the Communications Intelligence Service in Germany and a special agent in the Counter Intelligence Corps in France from 1951 to 1954, according to a biography on his website.
—Chandelis Duster, CNN, 27 June 2021
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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
Born May 13, 1930, in Springfield, Massachusetts, Gravel served in the US Army as an adjutant in the Communications Intelligence Service in Germany and a special agent in the Counter Intelligence Corps in France from 1951 to 1954, according to a biography on his website.
—Chandelis Duster, CNN, 27 June 2021
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for adjutant
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People queue to have their laptops install with OpenClaw, an open-source AI assistant at the Baidu headquarter in Beijing on March 11, 2026.—
Evelyn Cheng,Dylan Butts,
CNBC,
12 Mar. 2026
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When Stewart was looking for a new coach, former players encouraged him to make the obvious decision and hire Collins, who had been a top assistant on staff.—
Grace Raynor,
New York Times,
12 Mar. 2026
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But Republicans could bring them forward sooner depending on how the process unfolds, according to one GOP aide.—
David Sivak,
The Washington Examiner,
17 Mar. 2026
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Mojtaba Khamenei, 56, was selected to become Iran's supreme leader last weekend by the country's council of religious clerics after serving as a close aide to his father for years.—
Jennifer Jacobs,
CBS News,
15 Mar. 2026
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The song progresses as the video shows scenes of deputies rummaging through the rapper's possessions, including several coats in a closet and CDs stacked near a stereo.—
Edward Segarra,
USA Today,
18 Mar. 2026
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The sheriff’s office sent an evacuation notice to people living in a 2-mile radius and deputies are going door to door to alert people, though many of the homes are vacation homes, agency officials said.—
Katie Langford,
Denver Post,
18 Mar. 2026
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Musing about unintended consequences, Oosterhoff mentioned the myth of Pandora’s box and Goethe’s tale of the sorcerer’s apprentice.—
Charles Lane,
The Atlantic,
15 Mar. 2026
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Back then, Srinivas noted, a computer was the name for an astronomer’s apprentice; the underling tasked with doing the calculations to support the boss’ celestial theories.—
Alexei Oreskovic,
Fortune,
12 Mar. 2026
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Duquesne Light has historically brought in at most 200 mutual aid trucks.—
Ricky Sayer,
CBS News,
15 Mar. 2026
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Both were given medical aid, and the male victim was transported to a local hospital.—
Camryn Dadey,
Sacbee.com,
15 Mar. 2026
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Additionally, Leo has named a former Swiss Guard lieutenant, Anton Kappler, to serve as a second administrative aide in his office, alongside the former gendarme Piergiorgio Zanetti.—
Nicole Winfield,
Chicago Tribune,
14 Mar. 2026
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Steven Feldman, as well as a captain, a lieutenant and a sergeant.—
Aaron Leibowitz,
Miami Herald,
14 Mar. 2026
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