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
This series introduces little ones to many different topics and themes, including learning about community helpers and family values, in a way that feels fun.
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Lynnette Nicholas, Parents, 30 Jan. 2026
To be fair to the tiny helpers, their larger self-driving car cousins have also had their fair share of trouble with trains.
—Frank Landymore, Futurism, 28 Jan. 2026
A couple off the helpers were of the milestone variety.
—Steve Conroy, Boston Herald, 27 Jan. 2026
At our best, nurses are helpers and leaders who build bridges, improve clinical care, and advance social movements for equity.
—Patrick Smith, STAT, 27 Jan. 2026
The roles named ranged from phlebotomists to helpers, painters, plasterers, and ship engineers.
—Sawdah Bhaimiya, CNBC, 22 Jan. 2026
Hume, which has raised $74 million, expects to generate $100 million in revenue in 2026 by helping AI labs tune models into more capable voice helpers.
—Sharon Goldman, Fortune, 22 Jan. 2026
Robotics returns to mainstream discussions, as advances in AI address earlier usability issues -- from autonomous cars and taxis to home helpers and defense technologies.
—John M. Bremen, Forbes.com, 16 Jan. 2026
Recovery can lead to growth, and people need to know the helpers are out there.
—Jenelle Riley, Variety, 16 Jan. 2026
Lynnette Nicholas, Parents, 30 Jan. 2026
To be fair to the tiny helpers, their larger self-driving car cousins have also had their fair share of trouble with trains.
—Frank Landymore, Futurism, 28 Jan. 2026
A couple off the helpers were of the milestone variety.
—Steve Conroy, Boston Herald, 27 Jan. 2026
At our best, nurses are helpers and leaders who build bridges, improve clinical care, and advance social movements for equity.
—Patrick Smith, STAT, 27 Jan. 2026
The roles named ranged from phlebotomists to helpers, painters, plasterers, and ship engineers.
—Sawdah Bhaimiya, CNBC, 22 Jan. 2026
Hume, which has raised $74 million, expects to generate $100 million in revenue in 2026 by helping AI labs tune models into more capable voice helpers.
—Sharon Goldman, Fortune, 22 Jan. 2026
Robotics returns to mainstream discussions, as advances in AI address earlier usability issues -- from autonomous cars and taxis to home helpers and defense technologies.
—John M. Bremen, Forbes.com, 16 Jan. 2026
Recovery can lead to growth, and people need to know the helpers are out there.
—Jenelle Riley, Variety, 16 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for helpers
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
Noun
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Cuts to the program — including approximately $1 trillion in reductions passed in recent legislation — could ripple through agencies that employ aides and nursing assistants.—
Allie Canal,
NBC news,
13 Feb. 2026
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Bilingual aides alone would drop by over a fifth, with about 24 positions cut.—
Grace Zokovitch,
Boston Herald,
10 Feb. 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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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
Noun
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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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“Helpers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/helpers. Accessed 15 Feb. 2026.
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