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 Pullen has hired former Westminster assistants Neema Salimi (offensive coordinator), Byron Curtis (linebackers coach), Bill McGahan (director of scouting) and Joe Sturniolo (special teams coach). — Todd Holcomb, AJC.com, 4 Aug. 2026 The postsecondary programs include curriculums for HVAC certification, massage therapy, nursing assistants, phlebotomy, solar energy technician and semiconductor cleanroom operator, among other concentrations. — Ana Goñi-Lessan, Miami Herald, 4 Aug. 2026 Whichever course Saban went to, the assistants would head to the other one in town. — Trey Wallace Outkick, FOXNews.com, 3 Aug. 2026 Writers have seen grammar checkers become writing assistants. — New Atlas, 2 Aug. 2026 Anthropic's own researchers reached a similar conclusion in a paper presented at ICLR in 2024, finding that training on human preferences does not remove sycophancy and can encourage it, and that five leading assistants showed it consistently. — Boaz Sobrado, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2026 Dave Dombrowski summoned his assistants, scouts and analysts — everyone and anyone — for daytime meetings followed by a ritual watching of whatever the latest thing is that ails this team. — Matt Gelb, New York Times, 1 Aug. 2026 Here are some photos from the action orchestrated by head coach Andy Reid and his assistants. — Emily Curiel, Kansas City Star, 1 Aug. 2026 Another potential winner is French AI startup Mistral, the closest thing to a European frontier AI lab, whose assistants will also likely benefit. — Tom Chivers, semafor.com, 17 July 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for assistants
  1. aides
  2. apprentices
  3. deputies
  4. aids
Noun
  • Burnham plans to work there at least one day a week, alongside a full-time staff of aides, experts and civil servants.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 1 Aug. 2026
  • To say that this was an eventful day for congressional aides and senate staff would be an understatement.
    — Trey Wallace OutKick, FOXNews.com, 1 Aug. 2026
Definition of aides
Noun
  • City Colleges recently launched Chicago Moonshot, an apprenticeship initiative associated with the Illinois Quantum & Microelectronics Park, where the district has committed to graduating hundreds of IT apprentices over the next five years.
    — Shalin Jyotishi, Forbes.com, 6 Aug. 2026
  • There are currently 17 apprentices at the Winter Park facility.
    — Tribune News Service, Baltimore Sun, 5 Aug. 2026
Definition of apprentices
Noun
  • Moments later, the witness saw smoke coming from the area and notified sheriff’s deputies.
    — Karina Tsui, CNN Money, 4 Aug. 2026
  • Please keep her family, her fellow deputies, and the entire Lexington County community in your prayers.
    — David Chiu, PEOPLE, 3 Aug. 2026
Definition of deputies
Noun
  • Healthcare and elder care have generated particular concern because many Haitians worked as home health aids and certified nursing assistants caring for patients and elderly residents.
    — Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 8 Aug. 2026
  • Steadman and Myers allegedly made several purchases at pharmacies for sleeping aids and other prescription medication in the days leading up to the deaths, according to Rabbitt.
    — Matt Foster, ABC News, 4 Aug. 2026
Definition of aids

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