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
Two survivors made it to shore, one on her own and another rescued by a seasonal lifeguard aide, Dan Youngren, chief ranger for the Sierra District of state parks, told The Mercury News.
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Theresa Braine, New York Daily News, 25 June 2025
The seasonal aide, already in a wetsuit with a lifeguard float, swam out and helped one woman to shore.
—Paul Rogers, Mercury News, 24 June 2025
Lord Janvrin, chair of the committee which led the search for the winning design, served as the late Queen’s private secretary — her most senior aide — from 1999 to 2007.
—Simon Perry, People.com, 24 June 2025
Elevate turns that strength into a growth engine where the team builds a centralized scheduling platform, equips aides with a mobile app for real-time care notes and rolls out coaching sessions that spotlight best-practice visits.
—Aaron Marcum, Forbes.com, 24 June 2025
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Theresa Braine, New York Daily News, 25 June 2025
The seasonal aide, already in a wetsuit with a lifeguard float, swam out and helped one woman to shore.
—Paul Rogers, Mercury News, 24 June 2025
Lord Janvrin, chair of the committee which led the search for the winning design, served as the late Queen’s private secretary — her most senior aide — from 1999 to 2007.
—Simon Perry, People.com, 24 June 2025
Elevate turns that strength into a growth engine where the team builds a centralized scheduling platform, equips aides with a mobile app for real-time care notes and rolls out coaching sessions that spotlight best-practice visits.
—Aaron Marcum, Forbes.com, 24 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for aide
Noun
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Former Arsenal, Chelsea and England defender Ashley Cole, Carsley’s assistant, made similar shouts and was hands-on throughout.—
Art de Roché,
New York Times,
28 June 2025
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As reported in a 2021 Rolling Stone exposé, more than a dozen women came forward with allegations of abuse against Manson, real name Brian Warner, including Evan Rachel Wood, actress Esmé Bianco, model Ashley Morgan, and Warner’s former personal assistant, Ashley Walters.—
Althea Legaspi,
Rolling Stone,
28 June 2025
Noun
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Kefir water is known to help decrease inflammation and maintain a balanced gut microbiome to absorb nutrients and aid digestion.—
Kaleigh Werner,
Footwear News,
30 June 2025
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That growth was supported initially by billions of dollars in federal aid.—
The Editorial Board,
Chicago Tribune,
30 June 2025
Noun
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Deighton said the company plans to add more technicians and apprentices soon, adding that finding qualified people is challenging because U.K. universities are not teaching processes like laser design.—
Angela Velasquez,
Sourcing Journal,
25 June 2025
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Luna’s mother was British costume designer Fiona Alexander, who died when Luna was 2 years old, and his father was Mexican set designer Alejandro Luna, whom Luna shadowed as a child and, later, as an apprentice.—
Roxana Hadadi,
Vulture,
11 June 2025
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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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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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Harris County Sheriff Ed Gonzalez said on May 26, 2024 deputies responded to the business on the 7100 block of Rancho Mission Drive in the city's suburb of Bellaire, where a couple was staying with their 4-month-old child Brooklyn Fancher.—
Natalie Neysa Alund,
USA Today,
25 June 2025
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Sherman became a technical reserve officer for the LAPD and a reserve deputy sheriff for the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department.—
Mikael Wood,
Los Angeles Times,
24 June 2025
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“Aide.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/aide. Accessed 8 Jul. 2025.
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