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
In a video posted by one of his aides, the president gestured to two corporate executives.
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Time, 10 Apr. 2025
The president and his blindly loyal aides claim the tariffs, which reached an idiotic 104% in duties on all goods from China overnight, are working because the White House is being flooded with calls from foreign governments.
—New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 9 Apr. 2025
Still, Coffman believes the most pressing problem likely to result from the immigration crackdown will be a shortage of aides to care for people in their homes and in nursing homes.
—Ronnie Cohen, NPR, 9 Apr. 2025
But for weeks, his own aides have insisted that tariffs were not a bargaining chip.
—Franco Ordoñez, NPR, 8 Apr. 2025
Police have questioned Netanyahu, two of his aides have been arrested and protests against him are still filling the streets.
—Ben Sales, Sun Sentinel, 8 Apr. 2025
The concern is that if the prime minister’s aides are secretly working for the country that houses Hamas’ leaders, that may not bode well for Israeli security.
—Ben Sales, Sun Sentinel, 8 Apr. 2025
The walls are covered with job listings for home health aides, subway cleaners, and positions at Best Buy, Old Navy and Starbucks.
—Jonah Markowitz, New York Times, 8 Apr. 2025
The Prime Minister, Naoto Kan, met with aides to assess the consequences of such a move.
—Elizabeth Kolbert, New Yorker, 7 Apr. 2025
Time, 10 Apr. 2025
The president and his blindly loyal aides claim the tariffs, which reached an idiotic 104% in duties on all goods from China overnight, are working because the White House is being flooded with calls from foreign governments.
—New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 9 Apr. 2025
Still, Coffman believes the most pressing problem likely to result from the immigration crackdown will be a shortage of aides to care for people in their homes and in nursing homes.
—Ronnie Cohen, NPR, 9 Apr. 2025
But for weeks, his own aides have insisted that tariffs were not a bargaining chip.
—Franco Ordoñez, NPR, 8 Apr. 2025
Police have questioned Netanyahu, two of his aides have been arrested and protests against him are still filling the streets.
—Ben Sales, Sun Sentinel, 8 Apr. 2025
The concern is that if the prime minister’s aides are secretly working for the country that houses Hamas’ leaders, that may not bode well for Israeli security.
—Ben Sales, Sun Sentinel, 8 Apr. 2025
The walls are covered with job listings for home health aides, subway cleaners, and positions at Best Buy, Old Navy and Starbucks.
—Jonah Markowitz, New York Times, 8 Apr. 2025
The Prime Minister, Naoto Kan, met with aides to assess the consequences of such a move.
—Elizabeth Kolbert, New Yorker, 7 Apr. 2025
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“Aides.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/aides. Accessed 23 May. 2025.
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