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
Anna Lazarus Caplan, PEOPLE, 23 Oct. 2025
Billups’ brother, Rodney, is currently the Nuggets’ director of player development and an assistant coach on David Adelman’s staff.
—Alanna Durkin Richer, Denver Post, 23 Oct. 2025
Reed Albergotti, semafor.com, 29 Oct. 2025
Susan Dolibois, also an assistant to the social secretary, joined as well, reported East Wing Magazine, a publication that covers first ladies past and present.
—Kaitlyn Schallhorn, Oc Register, 29 Oct. 2025
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Noun
Jones, 49, played most of his career with the Cavaliers and was an assistant coach with the team from 2016-2018.
—Anna Lazarus Caplan, PEOPLE, 23 Oct. 2025
Billups’ brother, Rodney, is currently the Nuggets’ director of player development and an assistant coach on David Adelman’s staff.
—Alanna Durkin Richer, Denver Post, 23 Oct. 2025
Adjective
In order to protect civilians, the Pentagon should develop AI tools that fit its modus operandi, which is different from how the civilian world operates, the deputy assistant secretary of Defense for cyber policy during the Biden administration told Politico.
—Reed Albergotti, semafor.com, 29 Oct. 2025
Susan Dolibois, also an assistant to the social secretary, joined as well, reported East Wing Magazine, a publication that covers first ladies past and present.
—Kaitlyn Schallhorn, Oc Register, 29 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for assistant
Noun
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That means no Meghan, no aides, and zero chance of it ending up as content for a documentary or book.—
Lizzie Lanuza,
StyleCaster,
27 Oct. 2025
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The contraceptives are mostly long-lasting types of birth control, such as intrauterine devices (IUDs), a US congressional aide told CNN.—
Lauren Kent,
CNN Money,
26 Oct. 2025
Noun
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The humanities program will work with the arts board's Folk & Traditional Arts Apprenticeship program to train master and apprentice Wisconsin folk artists in planning and producing public programs that showcase and contextualize cultural traditions, stories and histories.—
Jim Higgins,
jsonline.com,
27 Oct. 2025
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One of the institution’s main goals moving forward is to open a public apprentice training center in 2025 dedicated to reviving training programs for crafts that have lost their traditional teaching structures.—
Sofia Celeste,
Footwear News,
23 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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The cushioned foam insole feels supportive right out of the box, with just the right amount of arch support.—
Jeaneen Russell,
PEOPLE,
29 Oct. 2025
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Kids ‘n Kinship provides friendships and positive role models to children and youth ages 5-16 who are in need of an additional supportive relationship with an adult.—
Pioneer Press,
Twin Cities,
29 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Walter Gino Antonio became the final victim Antonio, 61, a security guard and Brevard County reserve deputy, was found along a remote Dixie County road wearing only socks.—
Christina Coulter,
PEOPLE,
30 Oct. 2025
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Authorities have confirmed a man fatally stabbed last week was the husband of the woman that Contra Costa Sheriff’s Office deputies arrested on suspicion of his killing.—
Rick Hurd,
Mercury News,
29 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Yasuda ordered his subordinate, Lieutenant Colonel Tatsusaburo Suzuki, to prepare a report on the feasibility of a uranium project in Japan.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
23 Oct. 2025
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Indeed, allowing men but not women to have multiple spouses is clearly unequal and entwined with patriarchal ideology that positions women as subordinate or inferior to men.—
David W. Lawson,
The Conversation,
21 Oct. 2025
Noun
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The changes arrived as more ranching operations close around the country, though some cattle growers say the president should also end aid to foreign beef producers.—
John Leos,
AZCentral.com,
25 Oct. 2025
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A lot of the new arrivals are already badly malnourished, as aid provision has largely been cut off for their homes in northern Rakhine – where the military has been accused of using hunger as a weapon of war.—
Rebecca Wright,
CNN Money,
25 Oct. 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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Every superhero — or antihero — needs a sidekick.—
Stefanie Waldek,
Space.com,
22 Oct. 2025
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Can anyone on Los Angeles step up and play sidekick?—
Andrew Greif,
NBC news,
22 Oct. 2025
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“Assistant.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/assistant. Accessed 30 Oct. 2025.
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