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 Stanford paper showed employment for young professionals grew faster than for older workers in roles including nursing aides, psychiatric aides and home-health aides.
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Conor Sen, Twin Cities, 15 Mar. 2026
Senate aides are now allowed to use AI chatbots like Google’s Gemini, OpenAI’s ChatGPT, or Microsoft Copilot to help with their work.
—Will McCurdy, PC Magazine, 15 Mar. 2026
Stanford University researchers found that employment for young professionals grew faster than for older workers in roles including nursing aides, psychiatric aides and home-health aides.
—Conor Sen, Boston Herald, 14 Mar. 2026
While the Vatican didn’t say who would be moving into the apartment with him, Leo has put together a team of four close aides.
—Nicole Winfield, Chicago Tribune, 14 Mar. 2026
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Conor Sen, Twin Cities, 15 Mar. 2026
Senate aides are now allowed to use AI chatbots like Google’s Gemini, OpenAI’s ChatGPT, or Microsoft Copilot to help with their work.
—Will McCurdy, PC Magazine, 15 Mar. 2026
Stanford University researchers found that employment for young professionals grew faster than for older workers in roles including nursing aides, psychiatric aides and home-health aides.
—Conor Sen, Boston Herald, 14 Mar. 2026
While the Vatican didn’t say who would be moving into the apartment with him, Leo has put together a team of four close aides.
—Nicole Winfield, Chicago Tribune, 14 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for aide
Noun
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Suzuki wrapped up a 16-season playing career in 2022, and the former catcher was a special assistant for the Angels the past three seasons.—
Dallas Morning News,
Dallas Morning News,
20 Mar. 2026
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Mustafa Gökçe, also a lead author and former research assistant at the Department of Physics.—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
19 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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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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At the time, there were an estimated 450 greater adjutant storks left in the region.—
Kyla Mandel,
TIME,
20 Feb. 2025
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Since 2019, when Woodward took over as the Gooding adjutant, that totals more than $23,000, according to an accounting obtained by the Statesman from the county clerk through a public records request.—
Kevin Fixler,
Idaho Statesman,
13 July 2024
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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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“Aide.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/aide. Accessed 22 Mar. 2026.
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