relievers

noun

plural of reliever
as in assistants

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for relievers
  1. assistants
  2. attorneys
  3. surrogates
  4. factors
  5. proxies
  6. agents
  7. reps
  8. commissaries
Noun
  • Should Microsoft be successful in implementing its strategy, that distinction, in that paradigm will prove more important than benchmark comparisons between competing coding assistants.
    — Francis Sideco, Forbes.com, 21 July 2026
  • Durde has gotten praise from players and his coaching colleagues for his expertise in head coach Mike Macdonald’s system, his collaborative attitude and his teaching and communication skills with players and other assistants.
    — Jourdan Rodrigue, New York Times, 21 July 2026
Definition of assistants
Noun
  • Defense lawyers have since withdrawn their motion to dismiss the case after the Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control in April began allowing Maduro and Flores to receive money from Venezuela to pay for their attorneys.
    — Peter Charalambous, ABC News, 22 July 2026
  • The brothers, who appeared in federal court in Miami on Monday, have denied all allegations against them and their attorneys have vowed to fight against the extradition request.
    — Julianna Bragg, CNN Money, 21 July 2026
Definition of attorneys
Noun
  • Equally vital, aging misers addicted to their vocations need palliatives and surrogates for the drug of importance.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 18 June 2026
  • High-profile parents who used surrogates, such as Paris Hilton, Kim Kardashian, and Chrissy Teigen, helped make the practice increasingly visible.
    — Mark Ellwood, Air Mail, 6 June 2026
Definition of surrogates
Noun
  • This metric measures the quality of each chance as a player shoots, accounting for many contextual factors, including the angle and distance of the shot, and the body part used for the effort.
    — Mark Carey, New York Times, 21 July 2026
  • When Facebook, now Meta, went public, many factors combined to limit the market response on the first day.
    — Erik Sherman, Forbes.com, 21 July 2026
Definition of factors
Noun
  • The old metrics—UVM, circulation, domain authority—were always imperfect proxies for actual impact.
    — Parry Headrick, Forbes.com, 17 July 2026
  • In many cases, these sorts of proxies are made up of millions of streaming devices that are sold with preloaded malware.
    — Dan Goodin, ArsTechnica, 13 July 2026
Definition of proxies
Noun
  • Authorities arrested Munster and Claude Kwe, a research fellow at Rocky Mountain Labs, June 2 on charges of conspiracy to smuggle mpox into the United States and lying to border agents.
    — CNN Money, CNN Money, 22 July 2026
  • The first few days after a home is listed often generate the greatest attention, with buyers and agents watching closely for new properties that fit their needs.
    — Heartland MLS®, Kansas City Star, 22 July 2026
Definition of agents
Noun
  • Van Hoy, the 6-foot-7 sophomore, appeared in every game last season and got valuable reps during the spring while Hughes recovered from his injury.
    — Steven Johnson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 23 July 2026
  • Or, the channel doesn't fit the product—a developer tool pushed through enterprise field reps, or a self-serve product gated behind a sales call.
    — Rob Versaw, Forbes.com, 22 July 2026
Definition of reps
Noun
  • Immigrants detained at two federal facilities in California have launched a boycott in protest of increasing and, in their view, burdensome prices at the facilities’ commissaries for items including tampons, coffee and soup.
    — Andrea Castillo, Los Angeles Times, 1 July 2026
  • In 2025, the Pentagon explored privatizing commissaries, soliciting interest from commercial retailers and investment firms to take over operations at 178 domestic locations.
    — Ryan Macasero, Mercury News, 26 Mar. 2026
Definition of commissaries
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