as in assistant
a person who helps a more skilled person
to make money over the summer, Chris worked as a carpenter's helper
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Recent Examples of helper
Palencia's helper was his first this season and ninth in 86 career matches.
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ABC News, 8 Mar. 2026
Some of the Native helpers brought their wives to camp, and with the wives came the children, pigs, and chickens.
—Delbert L. Chears, Outdoor Life, 5 Mar. 2026
Quartz countertops will provide ample work space for the chef and helpers.
—James Alexander, Hartford Courant, 1 Mar. 2026
Software stocks plummeted in early February after AI company Anthropic released a tool tailoring its AI helper specifically for individual industries, like legal and financial analysis.
—Lisa Eadicicco, CNN Money, 19 Feb. 2026
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ABC News, 8 Mar. 2026
Some of the Native helpers brought their wives to camp, and with the wives came the children, pigs, and chickens.
—Delbert L. Chears, Outdoor Life, 5 Mar. 2026
Quartz countertops will provide ample work space for the chef and helpers.
—James Alexander, Hartford Courant, 1 Mar. 2026
Software stocks plummeted in early February after AI company Anthropic released a tool tailoring its AI helper specifically for individual industries, like legal and financial analysis.
—Lisa Eadicicco, CNN Money, 19 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for helper
Noun
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People queue to have their laptops install with OpenClaw, an open-source AI assistant at the Baidu headquarter in Beijing on March 11, 2026.—
Evelyn Cheng,Dylan Butts,
CNBC,
12 Mar. 2026
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When Stewart was looking for a new coach, former players encouraged him to make the obvious decision and hire Collins, who had been a top assistant on staff.—
Grace Raynor,
New York Times,
12 Mar. 2026
Noun
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The aide told him to take it up with the chief.—
Alene Tchekmedyian,
Los Angeles Times,
11 Mar. 2026
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The Stanford paper showed employment for young professionals grew faster than for older workers in roles including nursing aides, psychiatric aides and home-health aides.—
Conor Sen,
Mercury News,
10 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Martinez remains in cuffs and on the ground, unmoving, for about a minute before paramedics already on the scene of the earlier traffic accident begin to provide medical aid.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
8 Mar. 2026
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After cutting direct military aid to Ukraine last year, Washington even reached out to Kyiv for its expertise in countering Iranian drones, which Russia uses to attack it.—
Robin Wright,
New Yorker,
8 Mar. 2026
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His background as a baker includes working as an apprentice and practicing in Corsica, Australia and San Diego before opening up his own place.—
Abby Hamblin,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
9 Mar. 2026
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Danielle Martinelli, who danced for the company as an apprentice and later did choreography for it, remembered advice Cunningham would give.—
Graham Womack,
Sacbee.com,
7 Mar. 2026
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At the time, there were an estimated 450 greater adjutant storks left in the region.—
Kyla Mandel,
TIME,
20 Feb. 2025
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Since 2019, when Woodward took over as the Gooding adjutant, that totals more than $23,000, according to an accounting obtained by the Statesman from the county clerk through a public records request.—
Kevin Fixler,
Idaho Statesman,
13 July 2024
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Nicole Crosby, a deputy city attorney who lives in Clairemont, said bike lanes don’t make a lot of sense in communities like Clairemont where hills and canyons are a major challenge.—
David Garrick,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
11 Mar. 2026
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White House deputy chief of staff James Blair told House Republicans in a closed-door meeting at their retreat Tuesday that their messaging on deportations should focus on efforts to remove criminals from the US, a person familiar with his comments told Semafor (comments first reported by Axios).—
Shelby Talcott,
semafor.com,
11 Mar. 2026
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Fast-spinning Didymos is 2,560 feet across with, according to the latest study, 200 times more mass than its sidekick.—
Marcia Dunn,
Los Angeles Times,
9 Mar. 2026
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Soundcore Outdoor Speaker Deal The Soundcore Boom 3i is the ultimate sonic sidekick for the person who refuses to stay indoors.—
Juhi Wadia,
PC Magazine,
5 Mar. 2026
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“Helper.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/helper. Accessed 14 Mar. 2026.
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