as in assistant
a person who helps a more skilled person
movie heroes invariably have a trusty sidekick, who often provides comic relief
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Recent Examples of sidekick
Colbert joked that the return did so well that next summer, Disney has announced that its releasing the live-action version of Guillermo & Stitch, referencing Kimmel's sidekick, Guillermo Rodriguez and the movie Lilo & Stitch.
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Becca Longmire, PEOPLE, 25 Sep. 2025
The show then cut to the host and his sidekick, Guillermo Rodriguez, backstage, costumed as a tiger and a banana, respectively.
—Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 24 Sep. 2025
Jimmy Kimmel's sidekick, Guillermo Rodriguez, has broken his silence about their return to air on Tuesday.
—Dan Gooding, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 Sep. 2025
And the Starlink Mini satellite dish, now $140 off, is your portable internet sidekick, ready to get you online from campsites, cabins, or anywhere your weekend takes you.
—PC Magazine, 22 Sep. 2025
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Becca Longmire, PEOPLE, 25 Sep. 2025
The show then cut to the host and his sidekick, Guillermo Rodriguez, backstage, costumed as a tiger and a banana, respectively.
—Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 24 Sep. 2025
Jimmy Kimmel's sidekick, Guillermo Rodriguez, has broken his silence about their return to air on Tuesday.
—Dan Gooding, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 Sep. 2025
And the Starlink Mini satellite dish, now $140 off, is your portable internet sidekick, ready to get you online from campsites, cabins, or anywhere your weekend takes you.
—PC Magazine, 22 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sidekick
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Darrell Smith, assistant commissioner for school choice and parent empowerment, has said about 55% are in kindergarten through fifth grade, while 23% are in middle school and 22% are in high school.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
2 Oct. 2025
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An invitation to visit a friend’s family farm in Kenya in 1956 led to an introduction with the archaeologist Louis Leakey, who hired Goodall as an assistant and secretary.—
Jon Blistein,
Rolling Stone,
1 Oct. 2025
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But this White House is, in some ways, rebuilding the 20th-century model, in which powerful and faceless aides steered executives by controlling paperflow.—
Ben Smith,
semafor.com,
6 Oct. 2025
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Though the two met, the source emphasized that the former aide has no way back into the royal fold after the scandal several years ago.—
Janine Henni,
PEOPLE,
6 Oct. 2025
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Will food aid continue under SNAP and WIC?—
Terry Moseley,
USA Today,
5 Oct. 2025
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In return, Israel would halt its offensive and withdraw from much of the territory, release hundreds of Palestinian prisoners and allow an influx of humanitarian aid and eventual reconstruction.—
Jessica Coacci,
Fortune,
4 Oct. 2025
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He and his apprentices host glass- blowing classes on Fridays and Saturdays (reservation required), when guests can make anything from a bowl to a tumbler to an ornament.—
Tara Massouleh McCay,
Southern Living,
4 Oct. 2025
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The house’s historical and architectural value comes from its original creators—husband and wife Sheng Pao Sheng and Shao Fang Sheng, both former apprentices of Wright.—
Soo Kim,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 Sep. 2025
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Merck’s shares jumped over 5%, amid an announcement that deputy CEO Kai Beckmann will take the reins currently held by CEO Belén Garijo.—
Tasmin Lockwood,Chloe Taylor,
CNBC,
1 Oct. 2025
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This includes 30 people in Bogo City, a coastal city near to the epicentre of the earthquake with a population of 90,000, ABC News and the BBC reported, citing OCD deputy administrator Bernardo Alejandro.—
Escher Walcott,
PEOPLE,
1 Oct. 2025
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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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“Sidekick.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sidekick. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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