as in assistant
a person who helps a more skilled person
the nurse's aide will bring you an extra pillow served as an aide in his father's senatorial campaign
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Recent Examples of aide
Comer reiterated his call for Biden’s physician, Kevin O’Connor, and former senior White House aides Annie Tomasini, Anthony Bernal, Ashley Williams and Neera Tanden to appear before the committee.
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Matt Brown, Los Angeles Times, 5 June 2025
Insiders told the outlet that the king, 76, isn’t surrounded by palace aides urging him to reconcile with his son.
—Stephanie Nolasco , Ashley Papa, FOXNews.com, 5 June 2025
Even senior aides including Clive Alderton, who was also named in Harry’s memoir, are unlikely to encourage outreach.
—Simon Perry, People.com, 5 June 2025
Fan, who used to be the director Asian affairs in Gov. Hochul’s office, is one of Stringer’s top aides on his mayoral campaign.
—Chris Sommerfeldt, New York Daily News, 4 June 2025
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Matt Brown, Los Angeles Times, 5 June 2025
Insiders told the outlet that the king, 76, isn’t surrounded by palace aides urging him to reconcile with his son.
—Stephanie Nolasco , Ashley Papa, FOXNews.com, 5 June 2025
Even senior aides including Clive Alderton, who was also named in Harry’s memoir, are unlikely to encourage outreach.
—Simon Perry, People.com, 5 June 2025
Fan, who used to be the director Asian affairs in Gov. Hochul’s office, is one of Stringer’s top aides on his mayoral campaign.
—Chris Sommerfeldt, New York Daily News, 4 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for aide
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Wiegman’s long-time assistant, Arjan Veurink, is to leave after the tournament to take over the Netherlands’ women’s team.—
Jacob Whitehead,
New York Times,
6 June 2025
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This kind of human moderator review of chats is pretty common in the gaming world and can even apply to voice recordings made by various smart home assistants.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
5 June 2025
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Morris wasn't fazed when the offer of rental aid came with a major condition: That money would end after seven years, max.—
Jennifer Ludden,
NPR,
7 June 2025
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Moore pushed back on the implication that the new aid plan, which was set up at the behest of Israel to counter the alleged looting of aid by Hamas, had been mismanaged.—
Tom Soufi Burridge,
ABC News,
7 June 2025
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The main entry door features a custom graphic design element drawn from the archival Gordon Leaf mural pattern, which Wright commissioned his apprentice and secretary, Eugene Masselink, to create in 1956 for House Beautiful editor Elizabeth Gordon.—
Everett Potter,
Forbes.com,
9 June 2025
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Ultimately, professor Bayram says, the Gaziantep baklava known today was shaped by the local ingredients, the atmosphere and climate of the city — and by local chefs who were consumed with perfecting the recipe and passed that obsession along to their apprentices.—
Fatma Tanis,
NPR,
7 June 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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In the months since fellow senior Legion executives suspended Abrahamson without pay from his statewide adjutant job in April, a number of the roughly 8,000 members in Idaho have called for a change in leadership.—
Kevin Fixler,
Idaho Statesman,
13 July 2024
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Some of the photos were taken of the apartment in 2019 by a Transit American Services Inc. employee, said deputy district attorney Joseph Cannon, who prosecuted the case.—
Caelyn Pender,
Mercury News,
13 June 2025
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Multiple adults, including the mother, were monitoring the group of children swimming when the boy drowned, deputies said.—
Kate Linderman,
Kansas City Star,
13 June 2025
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“Aide.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/aide. Accessed 19 Jun. 2025.
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