Thesaurus results for RELIEVER

reliever

noun

Definition of reliever

as in assistant

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Recent Examples of reliever In the seventh, Rangers reliever Robert Garcia gave up an RBI double to Benge and couldn’t get out of the inning. — Jim Barnes, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 23 Sep. 2026 Admission paperwork noted Shankland was taking eight medications, including a statin, a capsule for constipation, a pain reliever and folic acid. — Laura Trujillo, USA Today, 22 Sep. 2026 Detroit reliever Brant Hurler walked in a run in the bottom of the inning and Randal Grichuk followed with a sacrifice fly to make it 8-1. — CBS News, 21 Sep. 2026 Christian Moore hit an infield single with two outs and the bases loaded that bounced off reliever Taylor Rogers’ leg to score Zach Neto and give the Angels a 6-5, 11-inning victory over the Minnesota Twins on Saturday night. — Los Angeles Times, 20 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for reliever

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Noun

Harp, 35, has been Donald Trump‘s executive assistant since his first day back in office, and is often by his side.

— William Vaillancourt, Rolling Stone, 27 Sep. 2026
There's also an AI voice assistant for activating in-car features, and a mobile app for remote air conditioning management, charging status monitoring, and automatic parking.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 26 Sep. 2026

Definition of assistant

Noun

The Tigers pulled to within a point with 23 seconds left in the game after Tre Nichols escaped a trio of would-be tacklers and lofted a 67-yard touchdown pass to Carter McElhany.

— Erick Taylor, Arkansas Online, 27 Sep. 2026
The senior receiver made a game-winning, one-handed catch on fourth-and-goal for the Eagles in the closing seconds — and much to the delight of senior quarterback Sean Ruisz.

— Jeff Vorva, Chicago Tribune, 26 Sep. 2026

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The petition argues that the decision was incorrect because mining hadn’t occurred on the property for years prior to 1976, said the alliance’s attorney, Henry Josefberg.

— Alex Wigglesworth, Los Angeles Times, 27 Sep. 2026
If De Soto decides to adopt a new noise ordinance as the city looks to determine whether the current rules adequately addresses industrial noise, Digital Realty would have to adhere to any changes, city attorney Reavey said.

— Taylor O'Connor, Kansas City Star, 27 Sep. 2026

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What the audience needs is a surrogate, which the movie delivers in the form of Dam Plumb (Licorice Pizza‘s Skyler Gisondo).

— David Fear, Rolling Stone, 23 Sep. 2026
McKenna West, the surrogate who gave birth to the baby, had asked the court to suspend a California ruling that gave parental authority of the newborn boy solely to his genetic parents.

— Maureen Groppe, USA Today, 22 Sep. 2026

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Herbert’s early numbers are rough, but shaky protection, drops, injuries and costly mistakes have also been major factors in the team’s struggles.

— Joaquin Ruiz, Los Angeles Times, 26 Sep. 2026
Investors were rattled this week as the benchmark 10-year Treasury yield soared to its highest level since 2007, but sticky inflation is just one of the factors behind this latest surge.

— Deena Zaidi, CNBC, 26 Sep. 2026

Definition of factor

Noun

Hammer’s insistence that his show uses its guests as educational proxies to teach its viewers what not to do, and how not to live, feels far more suspect than Springer’s goofy raison d’être, and way less fun.

— Brady Brickner-Wood, New Yorker, 28 Sep. 2026
Including that this may be activity committed by proxies, or individuals either knowingly or unknowingly working on behalf of a foreign state.

— Frank Andrews, CBS News, 28 Sep. 2026

Definition of proxy

Noun

The Senate Armed Services Committee also heard closed testimony from Hegseth’s top deputies, including Deputy Defense Secretary Stephen Feinberg.

— Burgess Everett, semafor.com, 28 Sep. 2026
Fatma Betul Sayan Kaya, deputy chairwoman of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan ’s Justice and Development Party, or AKP, requested to be relieved of her duties on Saturday.

— ABC News, ABC News, 27 Sep. 2026

Definition of deputy

Noun

After a weekend of alarming headlines about AI mishaps, public sector breaches, and agents gaining unauthorized access to outside systems, tech and AI CEOs are descending on Washington yet again this week.

— Ashley Gold, semafor.com, 28 Sep. 2026
Additionally, the agents were apparently not instructed to attack or compromise the UN website.

— Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 28 Sep. 2026

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