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 For now, its Muse assistants are actively helping people complete tasks on their computers quicker, such as responding to emails, booking flights, and surfing the web on their behalf. — Emily Forlini, Fortune, 13 Oct. 2026 JPMorgan won't allow outside AI agents to operate inside the bank, Dimon said Tuesday, citing risks to the company and its customers as tech firms including Meta and OpenAI release autonomous assistants. — Hugh Son,laya Neelakandan,leslie Picker,ritika Shah, CNBC, 13 Oct. 2026 The first wave largely consisted of chatbots and virtual assistants, followed by personalized recommendations and interactions. — Ozan Ozerk, Forbes.com, 13 Oct. 2026 The duo met while working as assistants at Apatow Productions. — Jack Dunn, Variety, 13 Oct. 2026 Brodovitch left the magazine in 1958; two successors had already come and gone, and the new art directors, Ruth Ansel and Bea Feitler, were young assistants who’d been promoted. — Vince Aletti, New Yorker, 10 Oct. 2026 This includes — but is not limited to — professors, scholars, research assistants, students, teachers, au pairs and camp counselors. — Tarini Mehta, Sacbee.com, 9 Oct. 2026 Unlike ordinary reporting tools, this platform also tracks actual financial results by providing revenue attribution at the SKU level to show which products consumers discover and purchase through the use of AI assistants. — Arthur Zaczkiewicz, Footwear News, 6 Oct. 2026 That makes Ajax more of an ongoing experiment than a finished competitor to commercial AI assistants for now. — Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 3 Oct. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for assistants
  1. aides
  2. apprentices
  3. deputies
  4. aids
Noun
  • Hacked messages from an adviser to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu are providing a glimpse of his aides’ close ties to the media.
    — Ben Smith, semafor.com, 12 Oct. 2026
  • Recognizing those trends, Dartmouth College and its associated healthcare system recently announced the creation of an institute to provide caregivers with services, education, support and access to home health aides.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 8 Oct. 2026
Definition of aides
Noun
  • For carpenters, delays and poor weather conditions can disrupt the working hours apprentices need to complete their program, causing some to quit.
    — Itzel Franco, CNBC, 2 Oct. 2026
  • The new funding will allow the school to add 16 apprentices, for a total of 51 trainees.
    — Cayla Bamberger, New York Daily News, 2 Oct. 2026
Definition of apprentices
Noun
  • Fourteen sheriff’s office deputies flanked the courtroom and filled in the spaces between Collins’ family and the defendants’ parents while a clerk read the verdict aloud.
    — Charlotte Observer, Charlotte Observer, 13 Oct. 2026
  • The deputies will be compensated at $75 per hour for a minimum of a four-hour coverage period.
    — Glory Reitz, Arkansas Online, 12 Oct. 2026
Definition of deputies
Noun
  • The airline can provide treats, blankets, toys, leashes, poop bags, and calming aids like pheromones, music, and lavender-scented towels.
    — Sarah Kuta, Condé Nast Traveler, 5 Oct. 2026
  • Accessibility features added to Apple’s AirPods are transforming the popular headphones into hearing aids, Greengart said.
    — Samantha Subin, CNBC, 4 Oct. 2026
Definition of aids

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“Assistants.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/assistants. Accessed 19 Oct. 2026.

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