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as in aides
a person who helps a more skilled person
Jack is his mother's preferred aid in the kitchen, as his sister Janice is clumsy when it comes to chopping and peeling
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as in benefits
a thing that helps
a dictionary is a handy aid for working crossword puzzles
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as in assists
an act or instance of helping
the clerk asked if she needed any aid carrying out her purchases
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as in helps
to provide (someone) with what is useful or necessary to achieve an end
sought to aid her in her search for a dachshund puppy by looking online
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Recent Examples of aids
Omer Awan, Forbes.com, 13 May 2025
The company thought the largest market would be as a treatment for AIDS patients experiencing dangerous weight loss.
—David Armstrong, CNN Money, 10 May 2025
The organization has helped to save 82 million lives through its efforts to fight against AIDS, malaria, and tuberculosis across the world, as well as increasing access to vaccines in low-income nations.
—Nicole Hoey, Robb Report, 8 May 2025
The University of Washington doctoral student had spent the past three years developing new gene-editing techniques that could spur immunity to the virus that causes AIDS.
—Evan Bush, NBC news, 8 May 2025
The Gates Foundation has already made significant strides in combating diseases such as HIV/AIDS, polio, tuberculosis, and malaria, and in improving child health through vaccination initiatives.
—Shannon Carroll, Quartz, 8 May 2025
Botswana even exceeded targets for ending the HIV/AIDS epidemic four years early.
—Ndidi Okonkwo Nwuneli, Time, 8 May 2025
Funded by grants from the Annenberg Foundation and Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS, along with support from entertainment companies, Every Day Action is helping to employ film industry workers too.
—Pat Saperstein, Variety, 30 Apr. 2025
The Gilead case stems from a civil lawsuit, filed under seal in August 2016, by Dr. Paul Bellman, a New York physician who specialized in treating patients diagnosed with HIV/AIDS.
—Dan Mangan, CNBC, 29 Apr. 2025
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Pharmaceutical companies have long justified high drug prices in America as a means to carry out high-level research to promote innovation in drug discovery that have led to cures and breakthroughs for many diseases, such as anti-retroviral therapy for HIV and AIDS.
—Omer Awan, Forbes.com, 13 May 2025
The company thought the largest market would be as a treatment for AIDS patients experiencing dangerous weight loss.
—David Armstrong, CNN Money, 10 May 2025
The organization has helped to save 82 million lives through its efforts to fight against AIDS, malaria, and tuberculosis across the world, as well as increasing access to vaccines in low-income nations.
—Nicole Hoey, Robb Report, 8 May 2025
The University of Washington doctoral student had spent the past three years developing new gene-editing techniques that could spur immunity to the virus that causes AIDS.
—Evan Bush, NBC news, 8 May 2025
The Gates Foundation has already made significant strides in combating diseases such as HIV/AIDS, polio, tuberculosis, and malaria, and in improving child health through vaccination initiatives.
—Shannon Carroll, Quartz, 8 May 2025
Botswana even exceeded targets for ending the HIV/AIDS epidemic four years early.
—Ndidi Okonkwo Nwuneli, Time, 8 May 2025
Funded by grants from the Annenberg Foundation and Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS, along with support from entertainment companies, Every Day Action is helping to employ film industry workers too.
—Pat Saperstein, Variety, 30 Apr. 2025
The Gilead case stems from a civil lawsuit, filed under seal in August 2016, by Dr. Paul Bellman, a New York physician who specialized in treating patients diagnosed with HIV/AIDS.
—Dan Mangan, CNBC, 29 Apr. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for aids
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In a video posted by one of his aides, the president gestured to two corporate executives.—
Time,
Time,
10 Apr. 2025
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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
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The dots represented arts organizations, creative businesses, studios, galleries, performance venues, and cultural and historic assets.—
Jim Woods,
Chicago Tribune,
14 Mar. 2025
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In the complaint, Aaron asks that neither party be awarded alimony and that both parties' community assets and debts are in accordance with Nevada law.—
Ingrid Vasquez,
People.com,
14 Mar. 2025
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But in the meantime, those who know her are left to ponder an illness that appears to have consumed the caring mother, in spite of her efforts to get help.—
Laura Crimaldi,
BostonGlobe.com,
13 Feb. 2023
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Police departments in Carroll County could get help from the state with funding the high cost of outfitting officers with body cameras, if a bill introduced in the Maryland General Assembly is passed.—
Sherry Greenfield,
Baltimore Sun,
12 Feb. 2023
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“Aids.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/aids. Accessed 22 May. 2025.
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