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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Her two assistants, Brooke Mayo and Kathryn Nesbitt, are also American women.
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Kafka worked with Petzing and offensive line coach Hank Fraley — both assistants in Minnesota — that same year.
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Their book is a cornucopia of deep insights into the essence of this president based on hundreds of interviews with close aides and acquaintances.
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Haitians make up a significant number of home health aides and health care workers in South Florida.
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Guests will hear the shuffle of San Francisco outside the windows, phones ringing, and the lingering voices of apprentices or other clients.
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The location is intended to help students, technicians, apprentices, and engineers move directly into careers linked to quantum technologies.
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Gonzalez refused to speak to deputies during his arrest or his interrogation, authorities said.
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The San Mateo County Sheriff's Office said that deputies responded to a report that a California State Parks lifeguard vehicle had struck someone on the beach.
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The plans also offer enrollees additional benefits, such as eyeglasses, hearing aids, and prescription drug coverage, and have now attracted more than half of all Medicare enrollees.
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This is a dramatic increase from 2010, when the CDC reported just 4% of adults used prescription sleep aids.
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Urman is cast as a central figure in the complaint alongside her lieutenants, Renna and Lieber.
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UConn men’s hockey coach Mike Cavanaugh lost one of his top lieutenants, Nick Peruzzi, to Wisconsin this week.
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“Adjutants.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/adjutants. Accessed 27 Jun. 2026.
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