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as in helping
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 assisting
Jessie Yeung, CNN Money, 4 June 2026
The Red Cross is assisting residents of the upstairs apartments with temporary relocation.
—Nick Caloway, CBS News, 3 June 2026
The Muscatine Fire Department, Muscatine County Sheriff's Office, Iowa State Patrol and the Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation are assisting local police in the investigation.
—Thao Nguyen, USA Today, 3 June 2026
Before the Twins started a three-game series Monday against division rival Chicago, shortstop Tristan Gray and assisting hitting coach Rayden Sierra worked together on facing offspeed pitches.
—John Shipley, Twin Cities, 2 June 2026
According to the lawsuit, the union’s anti-discrimination and anti-retaliation policy prohibits retaliation against employees for lodging a discrimination or harassment complaint or assisting in the investigation of such a complaint.
—Judy L. Thomas, Kansas City Star, 1 June 2026
If California’s making the super-intelligent machines, then Boston can be the place where those machines are put to work doing things like assisting hospital patients and creating life-saving drugs.
—Bloomberg, Mercury News, 28 May 2026
Today, Richards works as a consultant and advocate, assisting families with loved ones in cults.
—R. Daniel Foster, Forbes.com, 28 May 2026
Ramadas, a former science-minded engineer who worked for Aerospace Corporation in a variety of positions from 2012 to 2024, assisting the United States Space Force and NASA, fits the former description.
—Benjamin Royer, Oc Register, 26 May 2026
Verb
The family has been in touch with the US embassy in Japan and the FBI, which is assisting in the search, Higginbotham said.
—Jessie Yeung, CNN Money, 4 June 2026
The Red Cross is assisting residents of the upstairs apartments with temporary relocation.
—Nick Caloway, CBS News, 3 June 2026
The Muscatine Fire Department, Muscatine County Sheriff's Office, Iowa State Patrol and the Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation are assisting local police in the investigation.
—Thao Nguyen, USA Today, 3 June 2026
Before the Twins started a three-game series Monday against division rival Chicago, shortstop Tristan Gray and assisting hitting coach Rayden Sierra worked together on facing offspeed pitches.
—John Shipley, Twin Cities, 2 June 2026
According to the lawsuit, the union’s anti-discrimination and anti-retaliation policy prohibits retaliation against employees for lodging a discrimination or harassment complaint or assisting in the investigation of such a complaint.
—Judy L. Thomas, Kansas City Star, 1 June 2026
If California’s making the super-intelligent machines, then Boston can be the place where those machines are put to work doing things like assisting hospital patients and creating life-saving drugs.
—Bloomberg, Mercury News, 28 May 2026
Today, Richards works as a consultant and advocate, assisting families with loved ones in cults.
—R. Daniel Foster, Forbes.com, 28 May 2026
Ramadas, a former science-minded engineer who worked for Aerospace Corporation in a variety of positions from 2012 to 2024, assisting the United States Space Force and NASA, fits the former description.
—Benjamin Royer, Oc Register, 26 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for assisting
Verb
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Janaya Frost also faces one count of aiding an offender to avoid arrest.—
WCCO Staff,
CBS News,
1 June 2026
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Those details have been consistently hidden from the public for fear of aiding those who would do America harm.—
Josh Meyer,
USA Today,
31 May 2026
Adjective
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And right now, the Eric Dane story isn’t much helping.—
Lizzie Lanuza,
StyleCaster,
14 Apr. 2026
Verb
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While that is still a possibility, Breslow hasn’t interviewed any candidates and is right now focused on supporting Tracy.—
Mac Cerullo,
Boston Herald,
30 May 2026
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The resulting benefits supporting pregnancy care, fertility care, surrogacy, adoption, egg freezing and the like have gained in popularity and made significant impacts.—
Rachel Braun Scherl,
Forbes.com,
30 May 2026
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“Assisting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/assisting. Accessed 5 Jun. 2026.
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