as in assistants
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 helpers
The proliferation of online chatbots and their growing use have raised questions about their potential as helpers or destroyers of our emotional well-being.
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Gil Press, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
Fast food and counter workers—as well as bartender helpers, chefs and cooks, dishwashers, and other food workers—are eligible for the tax deduction, according to a White House social media post on Tuesday.
—Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 3 Sep. 2025
Her husband and their helpers are in various group chats together, which Nina says are a godsend in making sure everyone’s communicating and on the same page.
—wendy Wisner, Parents, 3 Sep. 2025
What this means for you For consumers, Vidar brings the idea of household or workplace robot helpers closer to reality.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 3 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
The strike lasted for two weeks, the military mail helpers were considered ineffective and the postal workers got their raise.
—Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 28 Aug. 2025
According to the encyclopedia's entry, George kept the staff small, hiring only four engineers and three helpers.
—Arkansas Online, 24 Aug. 2025
Gil Press, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
Fast food and counter workers—as well as bartender helpers, chefs and cooks, dishwashers, and other food workers—are eligible for the tax deduction, according to a White House social media post on Tuesday.
—Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 3 Sep. 2025
Her husband and their helpers are in various group chats together, which Nina says are a godsend in making sure everyone’s communicating and on the same page.
—wendy Wisner, Parents, 3 Sep. 2025
What this means for you For consumers, Vidar brings the idea of household or workplace robot helpers closer to reality.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 3 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
The strike lasted for two weeks, the military mail helpers were considered ineffective and the postal workers got their raise.
—Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 28 Aug. 2025
According to the encyclopedia's entry, George kept the staff small, hiring only four engineers and three helpers.
—Arkansas Online, 24 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for helpers
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Instead of allowing a disability exception, colleges with tech bans should provide peer tutors, teaching assistants, and writing centers to help students who require extra assistance—low-tech strategies that decades of pedagogical research show to be effective in making education more accessible.—
Tyler Austin Harper,
The Atlantic,
11 Sep. 2025
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Google and Amazon have begun testing ways for their assistants to handle transactions directly, not just recommend products.—
Ron Schmelzer,
Forbes.com,
11 Sep. 2025
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By contrast, most care facilities experience staffing shortages, high turnover rates, particularly in nursing aides, and a level of risk to safety as a result.—
Carolyn Rosenblatt,
Forbes.com,
10 Sep. 2025
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The aides take patient vital signs, test blood sugar, remove IVs and catheters and help patients use the restroom.—
Kristen Jordan Shamus,
Freep.com,
10 Sep. 2025
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Managers worry that apprentices may miss the chance to learn institutional best practices with each project outsourced.—
Srishti Gupta,
Interesting Engineering,
9 Sep. 2025
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Ritter says the company starts to see a return on investment in its apprentices by Year 3.—
Andy Tonsing,
Forbes.com,
8 Sep. 2025
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It was not known if the driver was using autopilot or other driving aids at the time of the collision.—
Jason Green,
Mercury News,
9 Sep. 2025
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Now 77, widowed, remarried and using hearing aids and a cane, Novy hasn’t seen an increase in his $1,575 monthly worker’s compensation check — nor have the other more than 300 other PTD recipients — since 2016.—
TOM KERTSCHER,
jsonline.com,
5 Sep. 2025
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That role is now shared between sheriff’s deputies, since the former full-time SRO is on leave.—
Chantelle Lee,
Time,
11 Sep. 2025
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Saline County deputies on Wednesday arrested a man in the killing of two women from the Bauxite area who were reported missing in July, a Thursday news release states.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
11 Sep. 2025
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“Helpers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/helpers. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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