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Noun
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Thank you to the public servants wrestling with impossible decisions.—
DP Opinion,
Denver Post,
10 Apr. 2026 -
The latter is less of a mother to Agnes than Rosa (Kira Guloien), one of the household’s many Marthas (put-upon domestic servants).—
Daniel Fienberg,
HollywoodReporter,
2 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Doris and Ann, the family’s longtime upstairs-downstairs maids, were there too.—
Jennifer Cannon,
Vanity Fair,
7 Apr. 2026
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Roughly 82% of the Bay Area’s maids and housekeepers are immigrants, and close to 40% of the total are undocumented.—
Sara DiNatale,
San Francisco Chronicle,
25 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Suite attendants keep accommodations spotless.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
15 Apr. 2026
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Parking attendants will assist.—
Daniel Hunt,
Sacbee.com,
15 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Curators pop up in famous artists’ biographies all the time, usually as handmaidens to the creator’s genius, opening a door to a gallery here or supporting a grant application there.—
Hilton Als,
New Yorker,
4 Apr. 2026
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The common foe of all is expansionist Iran and its handmaidens Hamas and Hezbollah.—
Josef Joffe,
The Atlantic,
14 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Barea is now one of the top assistants on Denver’s staff, collaborating with Adelman on the offense.—
Bennett Durando,
Denver Post,
25 Apr. 2026
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The guests will be in France for the Cannes Film Festival, so there will probably be a lot of A-list actors, filmmakers, and assistants trying to make movie magic happen.—
Alejandra Gularte,
Vulture,
25 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Cook became one of Jobs' loyal lieutenants and was elevated to the role of operations chief in 2005.—
Jonathan Vanian,Jennifer Elias,Kif Leswing,
CNBC,
20 Apr. 2026
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The immediate future of the inspector general’s office is particularly pressing now because of recent revelations that one of Johnson’s most senior lieutenants, Deputy Mayor for Community Safety Garien Gatewood, had lodged a whistleblower complaint with Witzburg’s office last October.—
The Editorial Board,
Chicago Tribune,
8 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Obviously, all these robots have a few hurdles to clear before becoming fast and reliable household helpers.—
Rachel Cormack,
Robb Report,
22 Apr. 2026
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If a young tree contains lots of tents, just tear the silk open periodically with a stick to give birds, wasps, and other garden helpers easier access to the caterpillars.—
Miri Talabac,
Baltimore Sun,
21 Apr. 2026
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The Baptism of Christ is generally believed to have been completed by El Greco’s son and other apprentices in his workshop in the decade after the artist died.—
Leigh Anne Miller,
ARTnews.com,
20 Apr. 2026
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Art historians believe it was unfinished at the time El Greco died in 1614 and that it was completed by the painter’s son, Jorge Manuel, with help from other apprentices in El Greco’s workshop.—
Jackie Flynn Mogensen,
Scientific American,
17 Apr. 2026
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“Scullions.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scullions. Accessed 26 Apr. 2026.
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