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aide

noun

ˈād

Definition of aide

as in assistant

a person who helps a more skilled person the nurse's aide will bring you an extra pillow served as an aide in his father's senatorial campaign

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Recent Examples of aide The salary range for a maintenance aide at the El Dorado Hills Community Services District is about $35,500 to $44,300, according to the compensation study Acree provided, compared with a 50th percentile range of about $43,700 to $53,300. — Corey Schmidt, Sacbee.com, 16 July 2026 The episode is the latest example of Menin choosing to home in on issues Mamdani previously supported that now pose political weak points, from expanding the city’s housing vouchers to banning 24-hour shifts for home health aides. — Cayla Bamberger, New York Daily News, 16 July 2026 Anderson worked as an aide for people with developmental disabilities and had just wrapped up a shift at a nearby group home when she was shot, per CBS News. — Ben Brachfeld, PEOPLE, 16 July 2026 But his aides insisted the dangers play no role in his policymaking decisions, even as the US bombards Iran. — Shelby Talcott, semafor.com, 15 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for aide

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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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Russia is increasingly embroiled in its war with Ukraine and not able to send more aid to an island that already owes their former Cold War patron billions of dollars.

— Patrick Oppmann, CNN Money, 15 July 2026
House Republicans on Wednesday released the framework for a $95 billion package to fund the Pentagon and send aid to farmers.

— Jarrell Dillard, Washington Post, 15 July 2026

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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

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But that hasn’t stopped out-of-state reenactors from worrying their muskets will be confiscated at the George Washington Bridge, says Justin Costantino, adjutant of the Long Island Companies of the 3rd New York Regiment.

— Allen G. Breed, Los Angeles Times, 14 May 2026
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

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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

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