as in assistants
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 aides
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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Voice Of The People,
New York Daily News,
25 June 2026
Haitians make up a significant number of home health aides and health care workers in South Florida.
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Syra Ortiz Blanes,
Miami Herald,
25 June 2026
While palace aides deny any fallout between Charles and William, it is understood that William has made his feelings about any reconciliation clear to his father.
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Katie Nicholl,
Vanity Fair,
23 June 2026
Federal law prohibits the president and his aides — but not the attorney general — from directing the IRS to abandon audits.
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Burgess Everett,
semafor.com,
22 June 2026
After a few more bars, Stewart turns his back to the crowd and several aides wheel out an oxygen canister.
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Tom Tapp,
Deadline,
21 June 2026
Several parliamentary aides also resigned in protest.
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Michael Sinkewicz,
FOXNews.com,
21 June 2026
Blumenfield said the commission failed to vet other issues, including the number of council aides needed for each district if a district is smaller.
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Los Angeles City Hall,
Los Angeles Times,
20 June 2026
Watching Trump and his aides sell the deal is in some ways as humiliating as the deal itself.
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Graeme Wood,
The Atlantic,
18 June 2026
Voice Of The People,
New York Daily News,
25 June 2026
Haitians make up a significant number of home health aides and health care workers in South Florida.
—
Syra Ortiz Blanes,
Miami Herald,
25 June 2026
While palace aides deny any fallout between Charles and William, it is understood that William has made his feelings about any reconciliation clear to his father.
—
Katie Nicholl,
Vanity Fair,
23 June 2026
Federal law prohibits the president and his aides — but not the attorney general — from directing the IRS to abandon audits.
—
Burgess Everett,
semafor.com,
22 June 2026
After a few more bars, Stewart turns his back to the crowd and several aides wheel out an oxygen canister.
—
Tom Tapp,
Deadline,
21 June 2026
Several parliamentary aides also resigned in protest.
—
Michael Sinkewicz,
FOXNews.com,
21 June 2026
Blumenfield said the commission failed to vet other issues, including the number of council aides needed for each district if a district is smaller.
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Los Angeles City Hall,
Los Angeles Times,
20 June 2026
Watching Trump and his aides sell the deal is in some ways as humiliating as the deal itself.
—
Graeme Wood,
The Atlantic,
18 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for aides
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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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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.
Noun
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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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“Aides.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/aides. Accessed 27 Jun. 2026.
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