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
Gabe White,
Arkansas Online,
5 July 2026
Doué shimmied around a quartet of Paraguay players before contact from Deigo Gomez sent him to the ground; after a video assistant referee (or VAR) review, France was awarded a penalty.
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Sean Gregory,
Time,
5 July 2026
Harrison Mantas,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
1 July 2026
Rabé has accepted a position as Placer County’s assistant chief executive officer after serving as Auburn’s city manager for the past three years.
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Nicole Buss,
Sacbee.com,
1 July 2026
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Noun
Raymond Hill, 79, a retired engineer, began working on the Rock Island Railroad in 1966 at 19 years old as an engineer's assistant.
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Gabe White,
Arkansas Online,
5 July 2026
Doué shimmied around a quartet of Paraguay players before contact from Deigo Gomez sent him to the ground; after a video assistant referee (or VAR) review, France was awarded a penalty.
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Sean Gregory,
Time,
5 July 2026
Adjective
The city’s regulations haven’t been finalized, and the June 30 event served as an opportunity for residents to provide feedback on how the city should move forward, assistant city manager Jessica McEachern said.
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Harrison Mantas,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
1 July 2026
Rabé has accepted a position as Placer County’s assistant chief executive officer after serving as Auburn’s city manager for the past three years.
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Nicole Buss,
Sacbee.com,
1 July 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for assistant
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Some aides were pushing him to run for president in 2016 instead.
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As aides at the Capitol were actively building a stage for the celebratory event, meant to communicate a big cost-of-living win to voters, the president abruptly canceled it.
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There is no specific treatment for hantavirus infections and patients usually receive supportive care like supplemental oxygen for respiratory issues and dialysis in the case of kidney failure.
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Standard supportive care, especially if started early, can help and the WHO says more than 200 people have recovered.
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Across all trades Pennsylvania infamously requires four journeymen per apprentice, as do Maryland and New Jersey.
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Guests will hear the shuffle of San Francisco outside the windows, phones ringing, and the lingering voices of apprentices or other clients.
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Executive Vulnerability How a leader reacts in the five-second window after being corrected by a subordinate determines the future of that company’s innovation.
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The economic order must remain subordinate to human dignity and the common good.
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Travis Medema, chief deputy for the Oregon State Fire Marshall, said his office will use FireSat to plan escape routes and monitor fires.
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With the help of a family friend, a retired deputy sheriff, Robinson’s parents persuaded him to surrender to authorities, according to charging documents.
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The Real Cost of Waiting Only one in four adults who could benefit from a hearing aid has ever used one, and the average person waits nine years after a diagnosis before doing anything about it.
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Most people who could benefit from a hearing aid have never used one.
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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.
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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.
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This is a realm of exposition-heavy opening credits, relentlessly earwormy theme tunes, and heroes who, for no obvious reason, choose to hang out with cute/annoying [delete as appropriate] comedy sidekicks like Orko and Snarf.
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The minions have appeared in six films since — three Despicable Me movies and, making the jump from sidekicks to stars, three Minions movies.
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“Assistant.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/assistant. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.
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