Thesaurus results for AIDE

aide

noun

ˈād

Definition of aide

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 Reportedly, an aide in the Oval Office called the head of the library, Anthony Marx, asking if the two leaders could announce that the toys were going home during their news conference. — Steve Hendrix The Washington Post, Arkansas Online, 21 Oct. 2026 According to a Kremlin transcript, Putin's senior foreign policy aide Yury Ushakov said that the Russian leader told Witkoff that Moscow was prepared, in principle, to resume the talks in early November. — Tucker Reals, CBS News, 21 Oct. 2026 Many senior Democrats blamed her, along with the rest of the family and his close aides, for hiding his condition. — Azadeh Moaveni, Vanity Fair, 20 Oct. 2026 When Weiss and her aides shift coverage closer to Israel’s point of view, their actions promptly leak to outlets like the Guardian and Status, the daily media newsletter that has relentlessly chronicled Weiss’ real and perceived missteps. — semafor.com, 19 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for aide

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Scott Cheney, a Utah assistant attorney general who serves as her principal legal adviser on elections, was out of the country.

— Barton Gellman, New Yorker, 25 Oct. 2026
Montford, a Travis County assistant district attorney at the time, promised to stay with them.

— Leigh Egan, FOXNews.com, 24 Oct. 2026

Definition of assistant

Noun

Get assistance with heating bills The Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) helps qualified households with one-time financial assistance for heating and electricity bills, as well as emergency aid to prevent shut-offs.

— Dan Avery, CNBC, 21 Oct. 2026
After a detailed briefing with an ATI staff member, I was kitted out with a folder packed with maps, a Namibian cell phone pre-programmed with key contacts, and a first-aid kit.

— Samantha Falewée, Condé Nast Traveler, 21 Oct. 2026

Definition of aid

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But that hasn’t stopped out-of-state reenactors from worrying their muskets will be confiscated at the George Washington Bridge, says Justin Costantino, adjutant of the Long Island Companies of the 3rd New York Regiment.

— Allen G. Breed, Los Angeles Times, 14 May 2026
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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Yotova's main challenger is economist Andrei Gyurov, a former deputy governor of the central bank and caretaker prime minister who led the country in the early months of 2026.

— ABC News, ABC News, 25 Oct. 2026
The video shows four deputies running after Garza along Interstate 10 in Palm Springs, with Garza facing the deputies several times while holding an object in his hands.

— Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times, 24 Oct. 2026

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