AIDED Synonyms: 88 Similar and Opposite Words

aided

verb

past tense of aid

as in assisted

to provide (someone) with what is useful or necessary to achieve an end sought to aid her in her search for a dachshund puppy by looking online

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Recent Examples of aided Equally responsible for this Bentley’s milestone handling are the Supersports’ electronic limited-slip differential, rear-wheel steering, suspension aided by a 48-volt active anti-roll bar, and enormous carbon-silicon-carbide brakes. — Viju Mathew, Robb Report, 25 Oct. 2026 Republicans in 2010 capitalized on an economy still experiencing the recession that had aided Obama's win in 2008. — Ron Elving, NPR, 24 Oct. 2026 Trailing 16-13, Grunkemeyer led an 11-play, 69-yard scoring drive to take the lead, aided by two Clemson pass interference penalties and a late hit out of bounds resulting in three first downs for the Hokies. — ABC News, 24 Oct. 2026 A week after ProPublica reported how organized crime is stealing food stamp benefits — aided by the government’s refusal to update benefit-card technology — the Department of Agriculture announced plans to adopt more secure cards with microchips. — Eli Hager, ProPublica, 23 Oct. 2026 Jeon recognizes now that her difficulty in accessing the troubled character aided in what was, undeniably, an artistic breakthrough. — David Canfield, HollywoodReporter, 23 Oct. 2026 But the defense was also aided by the excellence of transfer punter John Hoyet Chance. — Steven Johnson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 19 Oct. 2026 They're aided by Sony's S-Master HX digital amp tech which amplifies the signal from your audio source without any transmission loss, optimizes for quantization noise for clear sound. — New Atlas, 19 Oct. 2026 Israeli authorities have done little to stop the attacks, according to residents and rights groups, who say the military has aided, protected or stood by as settlers lay siege to Palestinian villages. — Sam Metz, Los Angeles Times, 16 Oct. 2026

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Kapszukiewicz thanked all community agencies that helped respond to the event, including those who assisted in evacuating residents and setting up shelters.

— Rebecca Cohen, NBC news, 21 Oct. 2026
Spero said that Pangram is calibrated to call something AI-assisted only if the tool is extremely confident in its analysis.

— T.M. Brown, CNN Money, 21 Oct. 2026

Definition of assisted

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Those earlier tests helped engineers evaluate the system before moving to a live missile flight.

— Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 21 Oct. 2026
Last year, Kort helped launch an Eat the Invaders event, bringing chefs together to channel people’s appetite for delicious food by cooking with invasive and overabundant species.

— Victoria Malloy, Time, 21 Oct. 2026

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