assistants

noun

plural of assistant
as in aides
a person who helps a more skilled person the chief assistant to the director

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Recent Examples of assistants Buying Riley out of his deal would mean forking over upwards of $70 million, plus more for his assistants. — Ryan Kartje, Los Angeles Times, 28 Oct. 2026 Office assistants and teachers were dealing with angry parents, while the volleyball coaching staff tried to prepare for league playoffs while fielding complex questions about federal equality laws from teenagers. — Alejandro Avila Outkick, FOXNews.com, 27 Oct. 2026 Publicists phoned assistants in panic if a name appeared in the wrong context. — Jim Hemphill, IndieWire, 27 Oct. 2026 Most personal assistants run an ordinary browser on a machine of their own. — Dvir Ginzburg, Fortune, 27 Oct. 2026 There’s always somebody cleaning, a chef, nannies, assistants. — Maer Roshan, HollywoodReporter, 23 Oct. 2026 Tech companies have marketed them as personal assistants — the democratizing of labor that ordinarily would only be available to the rich and powerful. — Mia Sato, The Verge, 22 Oct. 2026 That content becomes useful proof for shoppers and a clearer authority signal for AI assistants than another polished brand promo. — Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 20 Oct. 2026 While the organization is perhaps best known for measuring AI’s rapid rise, one study found that AI coding assistants slowed experienced engineers down. — Harry Booth, Time, 20 Oct. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for assistants
  1. aides
  2. apprentices
  3. deputies
  4. aids
Noun
  • Another member was censured for his interactions with two female aides on his staff.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 24 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
Definition of aides
Noun
  • Built with the help of his apprentices, the complex was designed to blend into the surrounding Sonoran Desert, using local stone in a construction style known as desert masonry.
    — Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 19 Oct. 2026
  • For carpenters, delays and poor weather conditions can disrupt the working hours apprentices need to complete their program, causing some to quit.
    — Itzel Franco, CNBC, 2 Oct. 2026
Definition of apprentices
Noun
  • While county police officers became deputies under Cordero-Stutz’s authority, county correctional officers remained under Levine Cava’s authority.
    — Douglas Hanks, Miami Herald, 26 Oct. 2026
  • Videos posted on social media show deputies also used pepper spray as race attendees surrounded them and threw objects.
    — Mark Price, Charlotte Observer, 26 Oct. 2026
Definition of deputies
Noun
  • The incident raised concerns about pedestrian accessibility, particularly for people who use wheelchairs or mobility aids.
    — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 24 Oct. 2026
  • Other claims are that the dairy product aids fullness, weight loss and hormone production or regulation.
    — Kristen Rogers, CNN Money, 22 Oct. 2026
Definition of aids

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