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a person who helps a more skilled person
the chief assistant to the director
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Recent Examples of assistants
Also present were Carrick’s assistants, plus all the leading executives who are based at Old Trafford, as well as the mayor of Greater Manchester, Andy Burnham.
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Andy Mitten, New York Times, 7 Feb. 2026
The assistants do the type of work that AI is getting better at.
—Queenie Wong, Los Angeles Times, 6 Feb. 2026
Production assistants told Albuquerque police that Busfield was sometimes touchy or unprofessional.
—Anna Kaufman, USA Today, 6 Feb. 2026
The app, meant to enable users to more easily create code and orchestrate multiple autonomous personal coding assistants, or AI coding agents, has already been downloaded more than 500,000 times.
—Jared Perlo, NBC news, 5 Feb. 2026
For starters, Mance and his wardrobe assistants scoured the internet for specific designer pieces that CBK wore during the decade, everything from Yohji Yamamoto to Prada to Hermès Birkin bags.
—Christian Allaire, Vogue, 4 Feb. 2026
The poll is part of a series from On3's The Field of 68 ranking the jobs in every league from top to bottom by anonymously polling veteran head coaches as well as assistants in each conference.
—Thomas Jones, Austin American Statesman, 4 Feb. 2026
Kathryn Riley / Getty Images The total fee for the lead artist is $20,000, Mural Arts said, with the chance for additional funding for assistants, equipment and other materials.
—Alexandra Simon, CBS News, 4 Feb. 2026
The draft indicated prosecutors were preparing to charge not just Epstein but also three people who worked for him as personal assistants.
—Dallas Morning News, 31 Jan. 2026
Andy Mitten, New York Times, 7 Feb. 2026
The assistants do the type of work that AI is getting better at.
—Queenie Wong, Los Angeles Times, 6 Feb. 2026
Production assistants told Albuquerque police that Busfield was sometimes touchy or unprofessional.
—Anna Kaufman, USA Today, 6 Feb. 2026
The app, meant to enable users to more easily create code and orchestrate multiple autonomous personal coding assistants, or AI coding agents, has already been downloaded more than 500,000 times.
—Jared Perlo, NBC news, 5 Feb. 2026
For starters, Mance and his wardrobe assistants scoured the internet for specific designer pieces that CBK wore during the decade, everything from Yohji Yamamoto to Prada to Hermès Birkin bags.
—Christian Allaire, Vogue, 4 Feb. 2026
The poll is part of a series from On3's The Field of 68 ranking the jobs in every league from top to bottom by anonymously polling veteran head coaches as well as assistants in each conference.
—Thomas Jones, Austin American Statesman, 4 Feb. 2026
Kathryn Riley / Getty Images The total fee for the lead artist is $20,000, Mural Arts said, with the chance for additional funding for assistants, equipment and other materials.
—Alexandra Simon, CBS News, 4 Feb. 2026
The draft indicated prosecutors were preparing to charge not just Epstein but also three people who worked for him as personal assistants.
—Dallas Morning News, 31 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for assistants
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Two of Singh’s aides were convicted alongside him.—
Rhea Mogul,
CNN Money,
6 Feb. 2026
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Assad moved toward the front door, this time with two of his aides and his son Hafez.—
Robert F. Worth,
The Atlantic,
6 Feb. 2026
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By drawing attention to practices at their most fragile moment, the USL is creating space for those interactions — enabling masters to teach and apprentices to learn.—
Kristin Houser,
Big Think,
29 Jan. 2026
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The pope, at this very moment, is having the fallen part of the Colosseum rebuilt; half a dozen mason’s apprentices, without any scaffolding, are righting the colossus on whose shoulders a nation, transformed into slave laborers, perished.—
Sean Williams,
Harpers Magazine,
27 Jan. 2026
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Collier County deputies arrested Zecca at the same Naples apartment where the July 2025 shooting occurred.—
Lauryn Overhultz,
FOXNews.com,
5 Feb. 2026
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Property taxes fund sheriff’s deputies, fire rescue, EMS, drainage, and the infrastructure that makes growth livable.—
Sean Parks,
The Orlando Sentinel,
5 Feb. 2026
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This ingredient, natural to green coffee beans but removed by the roasting process, is what aids in weight loss.—
BestReviews,
Mercury News,
4 Feb. 2026
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Some 3 million Americans wear hearing aids.—
Scott Kramer,
Forbes.com,
30 Jan. 2026
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“Assistants.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/assistants. Accessed 10 Feb. 2026.
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