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adjutants

noun

plural of adjutant

as in assistants

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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Achord meets with his two assistants, 36-year-old Corey Harkey, who played for the Rams from 2012-2016, and Jeff Koonz, who was a Packers defensive assistant last season and the West Virginia special teams coordinator before that.

— Matt Schneidman, New York Times, 25 Aug. 2026
The report said only 14 percent expect greater use of AI shopping assistants to be the biggest behavioral change this season, and most are still concentrating their attention on shipping costs, discounts and operational execution.

— Arthur Zaczkiewicz, Footwear News, 24 Aug. 2026

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And Democratic aides in Washington are preparing members of Congress to push back in the court of public opinion against any baseless claims of voter fraud in competitive districts.

— Kevin Rector, Los Angeles Times, 23 Aug. 2026
Trump aides are engaging and even hitting back on the staff stories, including a subtweet from Dan Scavino that made the rounds among DC Republicans.

— Shelby Talcott, semafor.com, 21 Aug. 2026

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With the money, the museum is able to sustain, among other things, an internship program for teaching apprentices and a speaker series.

— News Desk, Artforum, 11 Aug. 2026
City Colleges recently launched Chicago Moonshot, an apprenticeship initiative associated with the Illinois Quantum & Microelectronics Park, where the district has committed to graduating hundreds of IT apprentices over the next five years.

— Shalin Jyotishi, Forbes.com, 6 Aug. 2026

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Officers and deputies reached the scene in roughly 10 minutes and at that point heard gunfire from the back of the residence, the police department said.

— Dennis Romero, NBC news, 25 Aug. 2026
In 2019, deputies arrived at a Denver-area STEM school while shooting was still going on inside, the local sheriff said at the time.

— Cindy Von Quednow, CNN Money, 24 Aug. 2026

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Electronic rider aids include Bosch cornering ABS, 3-stage traction control, five riding modes, a 6-axis IMU, a bi-directional quickshifter, cruise control, and TPMS.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 22 Aug. 2026
Google's Gemini now enhances Classroom with personalized study aids and offers copyable notebooks.

— Dan Fitzpatrick, Forbes.com, 22 Aug. 2026

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Role in the Castellammarese War When the Castellammarese War broke out in 1930 between Maranzano and rival crime boss Giuseppe (Joe) Masseria, Bonanno emerged as one of Maranzano’s leading lieutenants.

— Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 18 Aug. 2026
And [showrunners] Ned Martel and Charlie Carver were our lieutenants on the crowd who did a wonderful job.

— Jackie Strause, HollywoodReporter, 6 Aug. 2026

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