as in assistant
a person who helps a more skilled person
to make money over the summer, Chris worked as a carpenter's helper
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Recent Examples of helper
At age 7, Piper is the group’s enthusiastic helper and loves keeping busy.
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The Star, Kansas City Star, 6 Sep. 2025
This achievement brings it closer to being an everyday household helper.
—Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 4 Sep. 2025
This lightweight cordless vacuum weighs under nine pounds, so even little helpers can maneuver it.
—Yelena Moroz Alpert, Architectural Digest, 3 Sep. 2025
Arundhati Roy recalls the round-the-clock helpers who cared for Mary Roy in her final years.
—Rebecca Mead, New Yorker, 3 Sep. 2025
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The Star, Kansas City Star, 6 Sep. 2025
This achievement brings it closer to being an everyday household helper.
—Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 4 Sep. 2025
This lightweight cordless vacuum weighs under nine pounds, so even little helpers can maneuver it.
—Yelena Moroz Alpert, Architectural Digest, 3 Sep. 2025
Arundhati Roy recalls the round-the-clock helpers who cared for Mary Roy in her final years.
—Rebecca Mead, New Yorker, 3 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for helper
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Take the power play out of the equation, because that was a team-wide issue (which may be resolved with new assistants to lead the way), and Barzal’s five-on-five numbers paint a stronger picture.—
The Athletic NHL,
New York Times,
24 Sep. 2025
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During his tenure at ICM, Broder established an agent trainee program to help educate newcomers and boost the career prospects of assistants, coordinators, colleagues and young agents.—
Cynthia Littleton,
Variety,
24 Sep. 2025
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In December 2021, the Treasury Department issued more sanctions against Luna and Marroquin, alleging that the Bukele aides negotiated the secret agreement with the MS-13 gang.—
T. Christian Miller,
ProPublica,
30 Sep. 2025
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The officials encouraged the report’s lead authors including Calley Means, a top aide of Kennedy’s, to take a different approach for the second report and to engage with farmers and others in the food industry, the lobbyists say.—
Dominique Mosbergen,
Time,
29 Sep. 2025
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Inside, the couple meet a mismatch of eccentric characters, like biker Eddie (Meat Loaf), butler Riff-Rat (O'Brien) and doting aid Columbia (Nell Campbell).—
Greta Cross,
USA Today,
27 Sep. 2025
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For its upcoming budget, officials plan to use federal pandemic aid to help fill the gap, MCTS Chief Administrative Officer Sandra Kellner said previously.—
Rory Linnane,
jsonline.com,
27 Sep. 2025
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First introduced in The Clone Wars, Anakin Skywalker's Jedi apprentice finally made her live-action debut in season 2 of The Mandalorian, with Rosario Dawson assuming the role with cool confidence.—
Kevin Jacobsen,
Entertainment Weekly,
28 Sep. 2025
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See more Adrian China, a 19-year-old electrician apprentice from New Jersey, agrees.—
Marquise Francis,
NBC news,
20 Sep. 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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Their work was supplemented by an internal staff of 55 deputy editor physicians, and external editors who are typically faculty professors at universities.—
Alexis Kayser,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 Sep. 2025
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Tara Saunders, studio head of Larian Studios, continues as chair of the games committee, alongside deputy chair Des Gayle, founder of Altered Gene.—
Jake Kanter,
Deadline,
24 Sep. 2025
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Notably absent was Jennette McCurdy, who played Carly's sarcastic sidekick Sam in the original series.—
Anna Kaufman,
USA Today,
25 Sep. 2025
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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.—
Becca Longmire,
PEOPLE,
25 Sep. 2025
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“Helper.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/helper. Accessed 1 Oct. 2025.
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