as in assistants
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 aides
Cuts to the program — including approximately $1 trillion in reductions passed in recent legislation — could ripple through agencies that employ aides and nursing assistants.
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Allie Canal, NBC news, 13 Feb. 2026
Bilingual aides alone would drop by over a fifth, with about 24 positions cut.
—Grace Zokovitch, Boston Herald, 10 Feb. 2026
Entry-level Senate staffers earn $55,106 a year, according to the Congressional Research Service, while the House sets a $45,000 minimum salary for full-time aides — both well above the national average entry-level pay of $33,318.
—Lauren Green, The Washington Examiner, 7 Feb. 2026
He was flanked by two private security guards and two aides.
—Los Angeles Times, 7 Feb. 2026
Two of Singh’s aides were convicted alongside him.
—Rhea Mogul, CNN Money, 6 Feb. 2026
Assad moved toward the front door, this time with two of his aides and his son Hafez.
—Robert F. Worth, The Atlantic, 6 Feb. 2026
While the state case in Leon County remains active, the governor, attorney general and their aides promoted a report Wednesday in The Floridian, a conservative publication, citing an anonymous source saying that the Department of Justice had decided to not open up a case.
—Alexandra Glorioso, Miami Herald, 5 Feb. 2026
In a video posted by one of his aides, the president gestured to two corporate executives.
—Time, 10 Apr. 2025
Allie Canal, NBC news, 13 Feb. 2026
Bilingual aides alone would drop by over a fifth, with about 24 positions cut.
—Grace Zokovitch, Boston Herald, 10 Feb. 2026
Entry-level Senate staffers earn $55,106 a year, according to the Congressional Research Service, while the House sets a $45,000 minimum salary for full-time aides — both well above the national average entry-level pay of $33,318.
—Lauren Green, The Washington Examiner, 7 Feb. 2026
He was flanked by two private security guards and two aides.
—Los Angeles Times, 7 Feb. 2026
Two of Singh’s aides were convicted alongside him.
—Rhea Mogul, CNN Money, 6 Feb. 2026
Assad moved toward the front door, this time with two of his aides and his son Hafez.
—Robert F. Worth, The Atlantic, 6 Feb. 2026
While the state case in Leon County remains active, the governor, attorney general and their aides promoted a report Wednesday in The Floridian, a conservative publication, citing an anonymous source saying that the Department of Justice had decided to not open up a case.
—Alexandra Glorioso, Miami Herald, 5 Feb. 2026
In a video posted by one of his aides, the president gestured to two corporate executives.
—Time, 10 Apr. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for aides
Noun
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Also present were Carrick’s assistants, plus all the leading executives who are based at Old Trafford, as well as the mayor of Greater Manchester, Andy Burnham.—
Andy Mitten,
New York Times,
7 Feb. 2026
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The assistants do the type of work that AI is getting better at.—
Queenie Wong,
Los Angeles Times,
6 Feb. 2026
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This ingredient, natural to green coffee beans but removed by the roasting process, is what aids in weight loss.—
BestReviews,
Mercury News,
4 Feb. 2026
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Some 3 million Americans wear hearing aids.—
Scott Kramer,
Forbes.com,
30 Jan. 2026
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By drawing attention to practices at their most fragile moment, the USL is creating space for those interactions — enabling masters to teach and apprentices to learn.—
Kristin Houser,
Big Think,
29 Jan. 2026
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The pope, at this very moment, is having the fallen part of the Colosseum rebuilt; half a dozen mason’s apprentices, without any scaffolding, are righting the colossus on whose shoulders a nation, transformed into slave laborers, perished.—
Sean Williams,
Harpers Magazine,
27 Jan. 2026
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Collier County deputies arrested Zecca at the same Naples apartment where the July 2025 shooting occurred.—
Lauryn Overhultz,
FOXNews.com,
5 Feb. 2026
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Property taxes fund sheriff’s deputies, fire rescue, EMS, drainage, and the infrastructure that makes growth livable.—
Sean Parks,
The Orlando Sentinel,
5 Feb. 2026
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“Aides.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/aides. Accessed 15 Feb. 2026.
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