relievers

noun

plural of reliever
as in assistants

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  1. assistants
  2. attorneys
  3. surrogates
  4. factors
  5. proxies
  6. agents
  7. reps
  8. commissaries
Noun
  • Every SaaS provider is building its own agent, but retailers can’t realistically deploy dozens of competing assistants across a single customer journey.
    — Footwear News, Footwear News, 18 Aug. 2026
  • ChatGPT and other artificial intelligence assistants have billions of users — but data on how people are really using the tools is sparse and fragmented.
    — Nitasha Tiku, Washington Post, 18 Aug. 2026
Definition of assistants
Noun
  • Whether defendant Tyler Robinson acted out of political animus could be key for prosecutors seeking the death penalty — or for his attorneys in taking that punishment off the table.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 19 Aug. 2026
  • Nearly an hour after Nolan was last seen, friends on one of the boats noticed its bilge pump had failed and water was rapidly filling the hull, Tyler Cox and Edward Paltzik, attorneys for the friends, told CNN.
    — Alisha Ebrahimji, CNN Money, 19 Aug. 2026
Definition of attorneys
Noun
  • But the same authenticity that makes personalities such as Piker valuable surrogates also creates political liabilities.
    — Claire Carter, The Washington Examiner, 7 Aug. 2026
  • These new surrogates are essential as plastic, metal, or ballistic gel are not great at simulating living tissue when exposed to things like radiation.
    — Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 25 July 2026
Definition of surrogates
Noun
  • Other factors, including enormous public debt piles, are also contributing to elevated yields.
    — Hanna Ziady, CNN Money, 18 Aug. 2026
  • Yes, the recent increase in roster spending at Texas Tech factors into this, but McGuire had posted three consecutive winning seasons before last year, the second Tech coach ever to begin a tenure with such a run.
    — Chris Vannini, New York Times, 18 Aug. 2026
Definition of factors
Noun
  • The Jewish state fought a multi-front war against Iran and its proxies at the height of the conflict.
    — Benjamin Weinthal, FOXNews.com, 15 Aug. 2026
  • The pact was signed as Iran and its proxies increased their attacks against Saudi energy infrastructure, striking Saudi Aramco oil facilities on the kingdom’s Red Sea and Persian Gulf coasts.
    — Taylor Luck, Christian Science Monitor, 11 Aug. 2026
Definition of proxies
Noun
  • Cheap inference also creates elasticity, since agents that can afford to run continuously consume far more.
    — Janakiram MSV, Forbes.com, 19 Aug. 2026
  • Hennepin County’s top prosecutor calls the interstate clash over Castro’s transfer a needless test of states’ duty to honor extradition — and of whether federal agents can evade accountability.
    — Mark Vancleave, Los Angeles Times, 18 Aug. 2026
Definition of agents
Noun
  • Smaller events might use them to attract star names who have exited a bigger tournament early and need some match reps.
    — Matthew Futterman, New York Times, 19 Aug. 2026
  • Senior Deante McCray and sophomore Mandrell Desir, a Miami Norland alum, could split reps although expect Desir to provide more of a pass rush in four-man sets.
    — Andre C. Fernandez, Miami Herald, 19 Aug. 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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