as in aide
a person who helps a more skilled person
the chief assistant to the director
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Recent Examples of assistant
Cat Cardenas, Vogue, 16 Apr. 2025
Prompt injection has created a significant barrier to building trustworthy AI assistants, which may be why general-purpose Big Tech AI like Apple's Siri doesn't currently work like ChatGPT.
—ArsTechnica, 16 Apr. 2025
Khloe Quill is a lifestyle production assistant with Fox News Digital.
—Khloe Quill, FOXNews.com, 15 Apr. 2025
The people being hired are not coming up as assistants or development executives but are independent, freelance financiers and storytellers, or part of Proximity’s popular internship program.
—Brian Welk, IndieWire, 15 Apr. 2025
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Noun
Wonders costars as Quinn Hackett, Remick’s overeager assistant.
—Cat Cardenas, Vogue, 16 Apr. 2025
Prompt injection has created a significant barrier to building trustworthy AI assistants, which may be why general-purpose Big Tech AI like Apple's Siri doesn't currently work like ChatGPT.
—ArsTechnica, 16 Apr. 2025
Khloe Quill is a lifestyle production assistant with Fox News Digital.
—Khloe Quill, FOXNews.com, 15 Apr. 2025
The people being hired are not coming up as assistants or development executives but are independent, freelance financiers and storytellers, or part of Proximity’s popular internship program.
—Brian Welk, IndieWire, 15 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for assistant
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The pontiff, who had been facing major health issues in the past several weeks, used an aide, Archbishop Diego Ravelli, to deliver his Easter Sunday speech to a crowd gathered at St. Peter’s Square in the Vatican.—
Fernando Cervantes Jr.,
USA Today,
22 Apr. 2025
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The Signal chat until recently included about a dozen of Hegseth's top aides, including Joe Kasper, Hegseth's chief of staff, and Sean Parnell, the Pentagon's chief spokesman.—
Nicholas Creel,
MSNBC Newsweek,
21 Apr. 2025
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The show, which will tell the story of Maul teaching an apprentice, will debut in 2026.—
Borys Kit,
HollywoodReporter,
18 Apr. 2025
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Abrego Garcia remains in the US Over the next six years, Abrego Garcia is a full-time sheet metal apprentice and takes classes at the University of Maryland to get his journeyman license.—
George Petras,
USA Today,
7 Apr. 2025
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The man, however, fled the courthouse before deputies arrived.—
Daniella Segura,
Sacbee.com,
25 Apr. 2025
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The deputy then found that the passenger, a 17-year-old boy, had the loaded ghost gun, police said.—
Clifford Ward,
Chicago Tribune,
25 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Look at rumors, gossip, metaphors, euphemisms, folktales—all the means by which subordinate groups disguise their opposition.—
Nikil Saval,
New Yorker,
7 Apr. 2025
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As subsidiaries, they are often deprived of strategic independence and fiscal autonomy, rendering long-term growth plans subordinate to broader organizational priorities.—
Priya Oberoi,
Forbes.com,
27 Mar. 2025
Noun
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There are volunteer opportunities, a teen club, and during the current conflict, the Hesed has become a hub for delivering tons of humanitarian aid, trauma care, and kinship.—
Maria Zimina,
New York Daily News,
20 Apr. 2025
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Of the more than $175 billion in aid that the US Congress has appropriated to Ukraine since the start of the full-scale invasion, more than $120 billion has been spent directly with US companies or on US Forces, according to conservative think tank the American Enterprise Institute.—
Ivana Kottasová,
CNN Money,
18 Apr. 2025
Noun
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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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Of course, the deal falls apart the instant Remick's slimy sidekick Sal Saperstein (Ike Barinholtz) delivers the bad news at a party hosted by Charlize Theron.—
Marco della Cava,
USA Today,
2 Apr. 2025
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Matthew McConaughey turns in one of his most sensitive performances to date as an astronaut sent on a complex mission of alien communication, while Anne Hathaway turns what could have been a drab sidekick role into a wrenching portrait of regret.—
Jason Bailey,
New York Times,
28 Mar. 2025
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“Assistant.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/assistant. Accessed 29 Apr. 2025.
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