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 testimony Wednesday morning, Jaquez Lewis admitted to submitting the letters in the name of her former aides.
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Nick Coltrain, Denver Post, 29 Jan. 2026
However, Pitt's team insisted the messages were unprotected conversations between Jolie and her personal aides.
—Lauryn Overhultz, FOXNews.com, 29 Jan. 2026
That same day, Noem and Lewandowski were called into the White House for a two-hour meeting with the president and some of his top aides, but not with Miller.
—Michael Scherer, The Atlantic, 29 Jan. 2026
And at the White House, aides reached out to offices of the handful of Democrats who voted in December to join Republicans to keep funding the government.
—Philip Elliott, Time, 29 Jan. 2026
Then, in July 2025, aides for Prince Harry and one of the King's key staffers met for the first time, seen as an olive branch that could pave the way for better relations.
—Meredith Kile, PEOPLE, 28 Jan. 2026
Perhaps reflecting the stakes, GOP staff and campaign aides were reticent Monday to talk about the issue at all.
—Bill Barrow, Chicago Tribune, 27 Jan. 2026
The two aides -- Jihun Han, Chavez-DeRemer's chief of staff, and Rebecca Wright, the deputy chief of staff -- were placed on administrative leave this month after they were named in the first complaint.
—Arkansas Online, 24 Jan. 2026
Putin and his aides have repeatedly threatened to take the territory by force if Kyiv doesn’t give it up.
—Ivana Kottasová, CNN Money, 23 Jan. 2026
Nick Coltrain, Denver Post, 29 Jan. 2026
However, Pitt's team insisted the messages were unprotected conversations between Jolie and her personal aides.
—Lauryn Overhultz, FOXNews.com, 29 Jan. 2026
That same day, Noem and Lewandowski were called into the White House for a two-hour meeting with the president and some of his top aides, but not with Miller.
—Michael Scherer, The Atlantic, 29 Jan. 2026
And at the White House, aides reached out to offices of the handful of Democrats who voted in December to join Republicans to keep funding the government.
—Philip Elliott, Time, 29 Jan. 2026
Then, in July 2025, aides for Prince Harry and one of the King's key staffers met for the first time, seen as an olive branch that could pave the way for better relations.
—Meredith Kile, PEOPLE, 28 Jan. 2026
Perhaps reflecting the stakes, GOP staff and campaign aides were reticent Monday to talk about the issue at all.
—Bill Barrow, Chicago Tribune, 27 Jan. 2026
The two aides -- Jihun Han, Chavez-DeRemer's chief of staff, and Rebecca Wright, the deputy chief of staff -- were placed on administrative leave this month after they were named in the first complaint.
—Arkansas Online, 24 Jan. 2026
Putin and his aides have repeatedly threatened to take the territory by force if Kyiv doesn’t give it up.
—Ivana Kottasová, CNN Money, 23 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for aides
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The draft, included in the latest batch of documents, indicated prosecutors were preparing to charge not just Epstein but also three people who worked for him as personal assistants.—
Eric Tucker,
Chicago Tribune,
31 Jan. 2026
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The draft indicated prosecutors were preparing to charge not just Epstein but also three people who worked for him as personal assistants.—
Dallas Morning News,
Dallas Morning News,
31 Jan. 2026
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This ingredient, natural to green coffee beans but removed by the roasting process, is what aids in weight loss.—
BestReviews,
Mercury News,
4 Feb. 2026
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Some 3 million Americans wear hearing aids.—
Scott Kramer,
Forbes.com,
30 Jan. 2026
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By drawing attention to practices at their most fragile moment, the USL is creating space for those interactions — enabling masters to teach and apprentices to learn.—
Kristin Houser,
Big Think,
29 Jan. 2026
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The pope, at this very moment, is having the fallen part of the Colosseum rebuilt; half a dozen mason’s apprentices, without any scaffolding, are righting the colossus on whose shoulders a nation, transformed into slave laborers, perished.—
Sean Williams,
Harpers Magazine,
27 Jan. 2026
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Collier County deputies arrested Zecca at the same Naples apartment where the July 2025 shooting occurred.—
Lauryn Overhultz,
FOXNews.com,
5 Feb. 2026
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Property taxes fund sheriff’s deputies, fire rescue, EMS, drainage, and the infrastructure that makes growth livable.—
Sean Parks,
The Orlando Sentinel,
5 Feb. 2026
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“Aides.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/aides. Accessed 7 Feb. 2026.
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