as in aided
to provide (someone) with what is useful or necessary to achieve an end
you can assist families in need by donating old clothes in good condition
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Recent Examples of assisted
Foundry Commercial assisted in the sale and announced it in a Friday news release.
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Desiree Mathurin, Charlotte Observer, 3 Oct. 2025
The mother of two also used WIC's breast-feeding support program through a peer counselor who assisted her with her first child.
—Tesfaye Negussie, ABC News, 2 Oct. 2025
Napoli had to thank Manchester on Matchday 2 as former City player Kevin De Bruyne assisted United loanee Rasmus Hojlund twice to lift them to a 2-1 win over Sporting CP.
—Anantaajith Raghuraman, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2025
Ozaukee County Emergency Management and the Ozaukee County Highway Department assisted following the crash.
—Claudia Levens, jsonline.com, 2 Oct. 2025
The organization is being assisted by the National Search and Rescue Agency (Basarnas), Indonesian National Armed Forces (TNI), local police and volunteers to locate those missing, their statement noted.
—Escher Walcott, PEOPLE, 1 Oct. 2025
The Arizona Department of Game and Fish, which assisted Oro Valley police, did not immediately respond to requests for more information on the incident or the bear's behavior or natural tendencies.
—Rey Covarrubias Jr, AZCentral.com, 1 Oct. 2025
As part of the arrangement, the agency said Redfin agreed to terminate contracts with its existing advertising customers and assisted Zillow in acquiring that business.
—Luke Fountain, CNBC, 30 Sep. 2025
The research team includes Dau Quang Vinh, Do Thi Hai and Hoang Ngoc Thao, with special thanks to Hong Duc University biology students who assisted the field surveys.
—Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 24 Sep. 2025
Desiree Mathurin, Charlotte Observer, 3 Oct. 2025
The mother of two also used WIC's breast-feeding support program through a peer counselor who assisted her with her first child.
—Tesfaye Negussie, ABC News, 2 Oct. 2025
Napoli had to thank Manchester on Matchday 2 as former City player Kevin De Bruyne assisted United loanee Rasmus Hojlund twice to lift them to a 2-1 win over Sporting CP.
—Anantaajith Raghuraman, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2025
Ozaukee County Emergency Management and the Ozaukee County Highway Department assisted following the crash.
—Claudia Levens, jsonline.com, 2 Oct. 2025
The organization is being assisted by the National Search and Rescue Agency (Basarnas), Indonesian National Armed Forces (TNI), local police and volunteers to locate those missing, their statement noted.
—Escher Walcott, PEOPLE, 1 Oct. 2025
The Arizona Department of Game and Fish, which assisted Oro Valley police, did not immediately respond to requests for more information on the incident or the bear's behavior or natural tendencies.
—Rey Covarrubias Jr, AZCentral.com, 1 Oct. 2025
As part of the arrangement, the agency said Redfin agreed to terminate contracts with its existing advertising customers and assisted Zillow in acquiring that business.
—Luke Fountain, CNBC, 30 Sep. 2025
The research team includes Dau Quang Vinh, Do Thi Hai and Hoang Ngoc Thao, with special thanks to Hong Duc University biology students who assisted the field surveys.
—Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 24 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for assisted
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His candor, though, has not aided his pitching.—
Andy McCullough,
New York Times,
1 Oct. 2025
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Achieving that emotional impact is, according to Cameron, aided rather than hindered by the performance capture technology, which allows for smaller crews on set and greater intimacy with the actors.—
Jim Hemphill,
IndieWire,
1 Oct. 2025
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Vought, who helped write the policy blueprint known as Project 2025, is playing a major role during the shutdown, including on decisions over whether there are mass layoffs of federal employees instead of furloughs and what funding is cut and what is allowed to flow.—
Sarah D. Wire,
USA Today,
3 Oct. 2025
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The tax credits, part of the Affordable Care Act, have helped nearly 610,000 Tennesseans afford health insurance premiums this year.—
Beth Warren,
Nashville Tennessean,
3 Oct. 2025
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“Assisted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/assisted. Accessed 5 Oct. 2025.
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