as in assistants
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a person whose job involves doing many different types of work
He was the office factotum.
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Her two assistants, Brooke Mayo and Kathryn Nesbitt, are also American women.
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Kafka worked with Petzing and offensive line coach Hank Fraley — both assistants in Minnesota — that same year.
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Cabin attendants discovered Kepner's body, prosecutors say, wrapped in bedding and partially hidden under a bed, with a box of life vests positioned to obscure it.
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The combination of attendants and police officers directing traffic seemed to have worked.
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Individuals who begin to see themselves as fathers, mothers, believers, mentors, or servants often become less attached to the identities that contributed to their criminal behavior in the first place.
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Commissioner Tisch has already shown a real commitment to cracking down on corruption and ensuring that the public servants in the NYPD are held to the highest standards.
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“Factotums.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/factotums. Accessed 27 Jun. 2026.
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