assistants

noun

plural of assistant
as in aides
a person who helps a more skilled person the chief assistant to the director

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Recent Examples of assistants Other jobs on this list include occupations that are largely administrative and deal with handling data or customer service, such as office clerks, secretaries, administrative assistants, customer service reps and tellers. — Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA Today, 1 Sep. 2026 Hammock and Seahawks coach Mike Macdonald had worked together as assistants with the Baltimore Ravens. — Colleen Kane, Chicago Tribune, 28 Aug. 2026 In preparation for move-in day, the resident assistants had decorated each floor with a different theme — Rick and Morty, Pokémon and Luca, for example. — Tarini Mehta, Sacbee.com, 27 Aug. 2026 Despite pleas from his assistants to send out a warning of our arrival, Fertitta is intent on popping in on the crew unawares. — CNN Money, 27 Aug. 2026 Lakeland’s 59 students are spread across four classrooms, each with a special education teacher and two special education assistants. — Melissa Brown, Chalkbeat, 27 Aug. 2026 Scalable Capital is opening its investment platform to AI assistants including ChatGPT, Claude and Grok—giving European investors the ability to analyze portfolios, set up savings plans and place trades through prompts. — Joshua Hong, Fortune, 26 Aug. 2026 Achord meets with his two assistants, 36-year-old Corey Harkey, who played for the Rams from 2012-2016, and Jeff Koonz, who was a Packers defensive assistant last season and the West Virginia special teams coordinator before that. — Matt Schneidman, New York Times, 25 Aug. 2026 The report said only 14 percent expect greater use of AI shopping assistants to be the biggest behavioral change this season, and most are still concentrating their attention on shipping costs, discounts and operational execution. — Arthur Zaczkiewicz, Footwear News, 24 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for assistants
  1. aides
  2. apprentices
  3. deputies
  4. aids
Noun
  • There’s been little movement on the key Democratic demand, an ethics component governing the president and his family, according to two Democratic aides.
    — Burgess Everett, semafor.com, 8 Sep. 2026
  • Fetterman, who's currently serving his first term after being elected in 2022, sharply criticized ex-aides in a statement to CNN.
    — Jay Stahl, USA Today, 6 Sep. 2026
Definition of aides
Noun
  • Rolle emphasized that apprentices in MDC’s programs don’t have to pay for the costs of classes or equipment thanks to state and federal grants.
    — Michael Butler, Miami Herald, 29 Aug. 2026
  • Her hope is that her apprentices will become mentors themselves.
    — Anya Sesay, jsonline.com, 17 Aug. 2026
Definition of apprentices
Noun
  • As deputies prepared to have the vehicle towed, one found a small black pouch containing passports and a Social Security card.
    — Dale Ellis, Arkansas Online, 8 Sep. 2026
  • That same year, deputies severely beat Joseph Perez on a San Gabriel Valley street, leaving him in need of 30 stitches and staples in his face and head.
    — Connor Sheets, Los Angeles Times, 7 Sep. 2026
Definition of deputies
Noun
  • This supports the hypothesis that their coloration likely facilitates more efficient absorption of solar radiation and aids thermoregulation.
    — Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 3 Sep. 2026
  • Standard Medicare doesn’t cover hearing aids, so the cost falls to the family.
    — Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 3 Sep. 2026
Definition of aids

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