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as in to assist
to provide (someone) with what is useful or necessary to achieve an end
offered to help her widowed father when he moved into an apartment
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as in to alleviate
to make more bearable or less severe
the new ointment didn't help Josh's sunburn one bit
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as in to prevent
to keep from happening by taking action in advance
they couldn't help the way things turned out
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as in to benefit
to provide with something useful or desirable
being independently wealthy certainly helped him during his years as a struggling young artist
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as in to improve
to make better
some minor revisions would help this essay immensely
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as in assist
an act or instance of helping
I could use your help getting this tire back on the car
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as in benefit
a thing that helps
the computer is a great help for writing reports
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as in staff
a body of persons at work or available for work
it's so hard to get good help these days
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Recent Examples of help
Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 16 Mar. 2025
Mirrors and Glass For mirrors and glass surfaces, shaving cream can not only get the material clean, but can also help prevent fogging.
—Patricia Shannon, Southern Living, 16 Mar. 2025
Ana Rocío Álvarez Bríñez, The Courier-Journal, 6 Feb. 2023
That’s when content teams should get some help from AI tools in handling the details.
—John Hall, Forbes, 5 Feb. 2023
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Verb
So what does the live show look like without the camera and studio magic that helps hide the puppeteers onscreen?
—Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 16 Mar. 2025
Mirrors and Glass For mirrors and glass surfaces, shaving cream can not only get the material clean, but can also help prevent fogging.
—Patricia Shannon, Southern Living, 16 Mar. 2025
Noun
There are several ways to get help filing your taxes.
—Ana Rocío Álvarez Bríñez, The Courier-Journal, 6 Feb. 2023
That’s when content teams should get some help from AI tools in handling the details.
—John Hall, Forbes, 5 Feb. 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for help
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Aleksander Barkov assists on both Reinhart goals to increase his total to 51 on the season.—
Jordan McPherson,
Miami Herald,
15 Apr. 2025
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Doctor Who historians know Marsh for her portrayal of Sara Kingdom, who ably assists William Hartnell’s Doctor in his fight against the mutant Daleks, on the third season of the BBC sci-fi series in 1965-66.—
Mike Barnes,
HollywoodReporter,
13 Apr. 2025
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The surfeit of interested workers has not alleviated the labor shortage.—
Emily Witt,
New Yorker,
28 Mar. 2025
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Starting the hiring process doesn’t alleviate their workload in the interim.—
Nolan Hout,
Forbes.com,
28 Mar. 2025
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Some were emblazoned with images of Maximilian I of Bavaria and Holy Roman Emperor Ferdinand III. Further, archaeologists discovered fragments of lead bullets and deposits of metal wheels — which were likely safeguarded to prevent them from falling into enemy hands after the army left camp.—
Brendan Rascius,
Miami Herald,
18 Apr. 2025
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Some states, such as California, New Jersey and Illinois, have sanctuary laws that prevent local jurisdictions from signing 287(g) agreements.—
Julia Ingram,
CBS News,
18 Apr. 2025
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Meta has argued in court papers that its purchases of Instagram in 2012 and WhatsApp in 2014 have benefited users, and that Zuckerberg's past statements are no longer relevant amid fierce competition from ByteDance's TikTok, Google's YouTube and Apple's messaging app.—
Jody Godoy,
USA Today,
14 Apr. 2025
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Prominent Democrats have increasingly called for an investigation into whether members of the Trump administration and Congress benefited from insider trading shortly before President Donald Trump announced a pause to his global tariffs plan.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
13 Apr. 2025
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Sporting improved to 2-6-1 in MLS regular-season play, winning its second match of 2025.—
Daniel Sperry,
Kansas City Star,
20 Apr. 2025
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If each of us could do one small good deed daily, the world would be improved.—
Maria Zimina,
New York Daily News,
20 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Cursor’s desktop application gained popularity last year for providing coding assistance by drawing from Anthropic’s Claude 3.5 Sonnet model.—
Jordan Novet,
CNBC,
17 Apr. 2025
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Document the encounter and seek assistance as soon as possible.—
Milena Malaver,
Miami Herald,
17 Apr. 2025
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Even as Liverpool have spluttered and stuttered, Mikel Arteta’s side have doggedly refused to take advantage, declining to ignite the thing as a contest.—
Jack Lang,
New York Times,
19 Apr. 2025
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Atlanta took advantage, with Trae Young driving for a layup to tie the score at 106 with 1.3 seconds remaining and force overtime.—
Anthony Chiang,
Miami Herald,
19 Apr. 2025
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Photograph by David Surowiecki In the Reviews and Criticism category, the prize went to a trio of pieces by the former staff writer Parul Sehgal.—
The New Yorker,
New Yorker,
10 Apr. 2025
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Demetrius Simms Demetrius Simms is a digital staff writer at Robb Report.—
Demetrius Simms,
Robb Report,
10 Apr. 2025
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“Help.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/help. Accessed 23 Apr. 2025.
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