as in aides
a person who helps a more skilled person
the chief assistant to the director
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Recent Examples of assistants
Dan Bale, who has known Skinner for a long time, joined in November 2023 and Carl Green, who worked with Skinner at Orlando Pride and Birmingham City, remain as first-team assistants.
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Charlotte Harpur, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2025
Both companies develop large language models and AI assistants—OpenAI with ChatGPT, xAI with Grok—that target overlapping user bases.
—Sheryl Estrada, Fortune, 5 Sep. 2025
Inspired by the trend, the concept of Jellycat Diner began popping up in New York, Paris and London, where shop assistants doubled as chefs whipping up pretend desserts made by the plushies.
—Denni Hu, Footwear News, 5 Sep. 2025
But even the women who, before, had spouses and children and worked as shop assistants and typists and factory workers cannot quite name the circumstances of their imprisonment.
—Carmen Maria MacHado, New Yorker, 5 Sep. 2025
Gone are the armies of assistants and trucks filled with clothing, or the crowds of onlookers hoping to catch a glimpse of a top model.
—Megan Williams, CNN Money, 4 Sep. 2025
The contraction has been particularly brutal for Hollywood’s production assistants, many of whom are feeling stuck at what is supposed to be the starting line of their careers.
—Katie Kilkenny, HollywoodReporter, 4 Sep. 2025
After every Monday during the 2025 regular season, Jon Runyan, NFL vice president of policy and rules administration, and league office assistants pore over game film for potential rule violations before using CBA guidelines to determine subsequent disciplinary action.
—Dan Bernstein, Sportico.com, 4 Sep. 2025
Naturally, these assistants also form a connection along the way.
—James Mercadante, PEOPLE, 4 Sep. 2025
Charlotte Harpur, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2025
Both companies develop large language models and AI assistants—OpenAI with ChatGPT, xAI with Grok—that target overlapping user bases.
—Sheryl Estrada, Fortune, 5 Sep. 2025
Inspired by the trend, the concept of Jellycat Diner began popping up in New York, Paris and London, where shop assistants doubled as chefs whipping up pretend desserts made by the plushies.
—Denni Hu, Footwear News, 5 Sep. 2025
But even the women who, before, had spouses and children and worked as shop assistants and typists and factory workers cannot quite name the circumstances of their imprisonment.
—Carmen Maria MacHado, New Yorker, 5 Sep. 2025
Gone are the armies of assistants and trucks filled with clothing, or the crowds of onlookers hoping to catch a glimpse of a top model.
—Megan Williams, CNN Money, 4 Sep. 2025
The contraction has been particularly brutal for Hollywood’s production assistants, many of whom are feeling stuck at what is supposed to be the starting line of their careers.
—Katie Kilkenny, HollywoodReporter, 4 Sep. 2025
After every Monday during the 2025 regular season, Jon Runyan, NFL vice president of policy and rules administration, and league office assistants pore over game film for potential rule violations before using CBA guidelines to determine subsequent disciplinary action.
—Dan Bernstein, Sportico.com, 4 Sep. 2025
Naturally, these assistants also form a connection along the way.
—James Mercadante, PEOPLE, 4 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for assistants
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By contrast, most care facilities experience staffing shortages, high turnover rates, particularly in nursing aides, and a level of risk to safety as a result.—
Carolyn Rosenblatt,
Forbes.com,
10 Sep. 2025
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The aides take patient vital signs, test blood sugar, remove IVs and catheters and help patients use the restroom.—
Kristen Jordan Shamus,
Freep.com,
10 Sep. 2025
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Managers worry that apprentices may miss the chance to learn institutional best practices with each project outsourced.—
Srishti Gupta,
Interesting Engineering,
9 Sep. 2025
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Ritter says the company starts to see a return on investment in its apprentices by Year 3.—
Andy Tonsing,
Forbes.com,
8 Sep. 2025
Noun
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That role is now shared between sheriff’s deputies, since the former full-time SRO is on leave.—
Chantelle Lee,
Time,
11 Sep. 2025
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Saline County deputies on Wednesday arrested a man in the killing of two women from the Bauxite area who were reported missing in July, a Thursday news release states.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
11 Sep. 2025
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It was not known if the driver was using autopilot or other driving aids at the time of the collision.—
Jason Green,
Mercury News,
9 Sep. 2025
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Now 77, widowed, remarried and using hearing aids and a cane, Novy hasn’t seen an increase in his $1,575 monthly worker’s compensation check — nor have the other more than 300 other PTD recipients — since 2016.—
TOM KERTSCHER,
jsonline.com,
5 Sep. 2025
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“Assistants.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/assistants. Accessed 12 Sep. 2025.
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