aides

plural of aide

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Recent Examples of aides The law would be repealed if it is absorbed by a collective bargaining agreement that gives the special education teacher aides equal to or better than a $10,000 pay raise. Cayla Bamberger, New York Daily News, 13 July 2026 At the same time, the past few months have seen several top-level meetings between Bonta aides and the team under Paramount legal boss Makan Delrahim and the company’s General Counsel Stephanie Kyoko McKinnon. Dominic Patten, Deadline, 13 July 2026 But some taxi providers lack things like onboard video cameras, appropriate safety equipment and transportation aides, the district memo noted. Molly Morrow, Chicago Tribune, 13 July 2026 The deals, reached to avert a strike in April, promised double-digit raises to teachers, aides, custodians and other workers. Jaweed Kaleem, Los Angeles Times, 9 July 2026 Graham Platner, the Marine Corps veteran and oysterman who mounted a quixotic bid for the US Senate in Maine, was used to controversy—headlines had been bad enough already, and his campaign aides spent much of their time dealing with lurid rumors. Aidan McLaughlin, Vanity Fair, 9 July 2026 McConnell also frequently uses a wheelchair in the Capitol or walks with the support of aides. Sara Dorn, Forbes.com, 8 July 2026 Both Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-South Dakota, and Senate Majority Whip John Barrasso, R-Wyoming, spoke to McConnell on July 6 and 7, respectively, aides confirmed. Melina Khan, USA Today, 8 July 2026 The aides allegedly worked for the party instead of doing parliamentary tasks. ABC News, 6 July 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for aides
Noun
  • Apple is trying to make Siri more competitive with assistants from OpenAI and Anthropic while keeping more personal information and AI processing on the device.
    MacKenzie Sigalos, CNBC, 14 July 2026
  • That’s one area developers are working on, Janna said, like the multilingual hologram assistants are at Miami International Airport.
    Alexandra Phelps, Miami Herald, 13 July 2026
Noun
  • However, because his hearing aids connected directly to the ringtone, the two ended up wandering around the house, using the changing volume to narrow down its location instead of listening for the phone itself.
    Tereza Shkurtaj, PEOPLE, 5 July 2026
  • Apple calls it the world’s first end to end hearing health experience built into consumer earbuds, part of a growing lineup of over the counter hearing aids now reshaping how people access treatment.
    Allison Palmer July 2, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 2 July 2026
Noun
  • According to accounts by Wright’s apprentices, after procrastinating on drawing any plans for nine months, Wright designed the house in two hours in September 1935 while the Kaufmanns were driving to his office to review them.
    Elizabeth Fazzare, Architectural Digest, 14 July 2026
  • According to Petrucci, 92% of construction apprentices in California are trained by a union.
    Sofia Williams, Sacbee.com, 13 July 2026
Noun
  • The company told deputies that someone at the Sheriff's Office or a Flock employee could have reactivated the feature, or that a system bug could have automatically activated it.
    Matthew Rodriguez, CBS News, 14 July 2026
  • The deputies yell at Stingley, in prone position, to stop resisting and at various times, one deputy kneels over Stingley, straddling his back and pressing his knee down on Stingley’s buttocks.
    Theresa Clift, Sacbee.com, 13 July 2026

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“Aides.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/aides. Accessed 18 Jul. 2026.

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