as in aide
a person who helps a more skilled person
the chief assistant to the director
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Recent Examples of assistant
Daniel McFadin, Arkansas Online, 2 Sep. 2025
Fresh off winning a national title at Penn State and a season of professional volleyball with the Vegas Thrill, former Marist star Camryn Hannah has returned this fall as an assistant coach for the RedHawks.
—Jeff Vorva, Chicago Tribune, 2 Sep. 2025
Seth Abramovitch, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2025
Here was a virtual assistant that not only monitored health and predicted issues but felt more like a friend than just a machine, an ultimate healthcare buddy.
—Sanath Chilakala, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
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Noun
Also from Pine Bluff, Humphrey has been a pastor at Allison Memorial Presbyterian Church for 41 years and served as the sixth judicial district circuit judge from 1992 to 2010 and was also an assistant attorney general.
—Daniel McFadin, Arkansas Online, 2 Sep. 2025
Fresh off winning a national title at Penn State and a season of professional volleyball with the Vegas Thrill, former Marist star Camryn Hannah has returned this fall as an assistant coach for the RedHawks.
—Jeff Vorva, Chicago Tribune, 2 Sep. 2025
Adjective
Ansari had about three-quarters of Being Mortal in the can when a female production assistant accused Murray of climbing on top of her in a bed and kissing her through their COVID masks.
—Seth Abramovitch, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2025
Here was a virtual assistant that not only monitored health and predicted issues but felt more like a friend than just a machine, an ultimate healthcare buddy.
—Sanath Chilakala, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for assistant
Noun
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Jobs for young health aides, for example, rose faster than their older counterparts.—
Shreya Ghosal,Dylan Butts,
CNBC,
28 Aug. 2025
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Alex Soros married Huma Abedin, a longtime aide to Hillary Clinton, earlier this year.—
Aysha Bagchi,
USA Today,
28 Aug. 2025
Noun
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On top of that, several apprentice dancers have been promoted, as have a few from CB2, Cincinnati Ballet’s second company.—
David Lyman,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
4 Sep. 2025
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Additionally, Brown, who has been tattooing for 20 years, is now training apprentices in his shop.—
Olivia Evans,
Louisville Courier Journal,
4 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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It’s not assured, but the mix of activist pressure, operational upside, and supportive sentiment makes the case compelling enough to watch.—
Trefis Team,
Forbes.com,
3 Sep. 2025
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Domingo is set to play the Jackson family patriarch, Joe Jackson, in Michael, and during the amfAR benefit gala at the Venice Film Festival, said that Paris and her brother, Prince Jackson, had been supportive of the film.—
Armando Tinoco,
Deadline,
3 Sep. 2025
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If the agency decides to pursue a full investigation, the release of any records related to the investigation will likely take three to six months, said Warren Flatau, deputy director of public affairs for the Federal Railroad Administration.—
Kelli Arseneau,
jsonline.com,
3 Sep. 2025
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The Luban Workshops, such as one in Egypt, got their start largely due to equipment exports, said Li Yunmei, deputy party secretary and president of the college.—
Evelyn Cheng,
CNBC,
3 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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They were issued by Fina RDC 2020, a certificate authority that’s subordinate to the root certificate holder Fina Root CA.—
Dan Goodin,
ArsTechnica,
3 Sep. 2025
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And subordinate-superior relationships raise the risk of real and perceived favoritism.—
Kim Elsesser,
Forbes.com,
2 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The sport is really just a pretext for a tale of cross-generational mutual aid that cares too much for its characters’ wider lives to take them too often to court.—
Jessica Kiang,
Variety,
6 Sep. 2025
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Senior administration officials have told the Herald that the administration intends to continue supporting the Cuban people and allowing humanitarian aid to flow to the country.—
Nora Gamez Torres,
Miami Herald,
6 Sep. 2025
Noun
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At the time, there were an estimated 450 greater adjutant storks left in the region.—
Kyla Mandel,
TIME,
20 Feb. 2025
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Since 2019, when Woodward took over as the Gooding adjutant, that totals more than $23,000, according to an accounting obtained by the Statesman from the county clerk through a public records request.—
Kevin Fixler,
Idaho Statesman,
13 July 2024
Noun
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Gerri’s sidekick is her teacup Yorkie named Godiva.—
Liza Esquibias,
PEOPLE,
4 Sep. 2025
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Mendocino County has long been synonymous with cannabis culture as a sidekick to its world-class wine scene.—
Kim Westerman,
Forbes.com,
1 Sep. 2025
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“Assistant.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/assistant. Accessed 8 Sep. 2025.
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