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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
Barea is now one of the top assistants on Denver’s staff, collaborating with Adelman on the offense.
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Bennett Durando, Denver Post, 25 Apr. 2026
The guests will be in France for the Cannes Film Festival, so there will probably be a lot of A-list actors, filmmakers, and assistants trying to make movie magic happen.
—Alejandra Gularte, Vulture, 25 Apr. 2026
Tesla is not the only automaker adding AI assistants to its vehicles.
—Robert Ferris,lora Kolodny, CNBC, 25 Apr. 2026
The many attending assistants around her eventually disperse — a little hesitantly because Sam is in the middle of preparing a new show — and the two withdraw to Sam’s cavernous studio.
—Jake Coyle, Boston Herald, 24 Apr. 2026
With a class of 70 students, Schaffer splits the job with his teaching assistants.
—Jocelyn Gecker, Fortune, 23 Apr. 2026
Several of his former personal assistants, most notably future (and now former) Buffalo head coach Sean McDermott and current Chiefs assistant special teams coach Porter Ellett.
—Kansas City Star, 22 Apr. 2026
In the operating room, care depends on layers of people — nurses, anesthesiologists, surgical technicians, assistants — contributing a different piece of the whole.
—Jennifer Obel, Twin Cities, 22 Apr. 2026
The Wall Group negotiates all these deals with cosmetics ambassadorships, hair product lines, top luxury brands like Hermès, Louis Vuitton and Prada, all while monitoring the work of stylists’ assistants to see who’s ready to ascend the ladder.
—Merle Ginsberg, HollywoodReporter, 10 Apr. 2026
Bennett Durando, Denver Post, 25 Apr. 2026
The guests will be in France for the Cannes Film Festival, so there will probably be a lot of A-list actors, filmmakers, and assistants trying to make movie magic happen.
—Alejandra Gularte, Vulture, 25 Apr. 2026
Tesla is not the only automaker adding AI assistants to its vehicles.
—Robert Ferris,lora Kolodny, CNBC, 25 Apr. 2026
The many attending assistants around her eventually disperse — a little hesitantly because Sam is in the middle of preparing a new show — and the two withdraw to Sam’s cavernous studio.
—Jake Coyle, Boston Herald, 24 Apr. 2026
With a class of 70 students, Schaffer splits the job with his teaching assistants.
—Jocelyn Gecker, Fortune, 23 Apr. 2026
Several of his former personal assistants, most notably future (and now former) Buffalo head coach Sean McDermott and current Chiefs assistant special teams coach Porter Ellett.
—Kansas City Star, 22 Apr. 2026
In the operating room, care depends on layers of people — nurses, anesthesiologists, surgical technicians, assistants — contributing a different piece of the whole.
—Jennifer Obel, Twin Cities, 22 Apr. 2026
The Wall Group negotiates all these deals with cosmetics ambassadorships, hair product lines, top luxury brands like Hermès, Louis Vuitton and Prada, all while monitoring the work of stylists’ assistants to see who’s ready to ascend the ladder.
—Merle Ginsberg, HollywoodReporter, 10 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for assistants
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Experts and congressional aides have said that Iran was likely able to preserve some of its arsenal by deploying decoys and dispersing weapons around the country.—
Kayla Hayempour,
NBC news,
1 May 2026
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There are six hopefuls vying to replace Price, including one of his longtime aides, a candidate backed by the Democratic Socialists of America and a hopeful supported by Mayor Karen Bass.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
1 May 2026
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The Baptism of Christ is generally believed to have been completed by El Greco’s son and other apprentices in his workshop in the decade after the artist died.—
Leigh Anne Miller,
ARTnews.com,
20 Apr. 2026
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Art historians believe it was unfinished at the time El Greco died in 1614 and that it was completed by the painter’s son, Jorge Manuel, with help from other apprentices in El Greco’s workshop.—
Jackie Flynn Mogensen,
Scientific American,
17 Apr. 2026
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Talley at one or two points engaged the sheriff’s deputies who stood over him throughout the hearing and at one point started laughing as Pekara argued for his detention.—
Caroline Kubzansky,
Chicago Tribune,
30 Apr. 2026
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Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department At the time, a separate LASD news release said that deputies were called to the 13200 block of Jarvis Avenue near 132nd Street in the Athens Park area after learning of a shooting in the area.—
Dean Fioresi,
CBS News,
30 Apr. 2026
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In her performance of Francis Poulenc’s operatic monodrama La Voix Humaine (The Human Voice), Hannigan turned that problem — and many more — into an advantage with a couple of technological aids.—
Justin Davidson,
Vulture,
29 Apr. 2026
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In some cases, people with spasmodic dysphonia may use communication aids or devices, such as those that translate text to speech.—
Mary Walrath-Holdridge,
USA Today,
23 Apr. 2026
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“Assistants.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/assistants. Accessed 2 May. 2026.
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