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a person who helps a more skilled person
the chief assistant to the director
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Recent Examples of assistants
Joined by four assistants with umbrellas and eyes on the train, Gaga and Maxwell walked by The Metropolitan Museum of Art with a wagon full of Champagne labeled Haus of Gaga behind them.
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Savannah Walsh, Vanity Fair, 1 May 2026
The ad called for the supervision of a team of graduate assistants or interns.
—Arkansas Online, 30 Apr. 2026
The politicians frown as their entourage of assistants frantically jot things in notebooks that seem like they’ll be filed away somewhere.
—Óscar Martínez, The Dial, 30 Apr. 2026
Their coaching staff was poached, with eight assistants departing in one offseason.
—Colton Pouncy, New York Times, 30 Apr. 2026
Yes, the assistants would handle Wintour’s dry cleaning.
—Assistant Editor, Los Angeles Times, 30 Apr. 2026
Medical assistants do a variety of tasks, including removing staples, wrapping wounds and drawing blood.
—Doug Ross, Chicago Tribune, 29 Apr. 2026
While some employees still use LLM Suite for simple tasks, including summarization and creating PowerPoint presentations, others are taking it further to create their own AI assistants.
—John Kell, Fortune, 29 Apr. 2026
The guests will be in France for the Cannes Film Festival, so there will probably be a lot of A-list actors, filmmakers, and assistants trying to make movie magic happen.
—Alejandra Gularte, Vulture, 25 Apr. 2026
Savannah Walsh, Vanity Fair, 1 May 2026
The ad called for the supervision of a team of graduate assistants or interns.
—Arkansas Online, 30 Apr. 2026
The politicians frown as their entourage of assistants frantically jot things in notebooks that seem like they’ll be filed away somewhere.
—Óscar Martínez, The Dial, 30 Apr. 2026
Their coaching staff was poached, with eight assistants departing in one offseason.
—Colton Pouncy, New York Times, 30 Apr. 2026
Yes, the assistants would handle Wintour’s dry cleaning.
—Assistant Editor, Los Angeles Times, 30 Apr. 2026
Medical assistants do a variety of tasks, including removing staples, wrapping wounds and drawing blood.
—Doug Ross, Chicago Tribune, 29 Apr. 2026
While some employees still use LLM Suite for simple tasks, including summarization and creating PowerPoint presentations, others are taking it further to create their own AI assistants.
—John Kell, Fortune, 29 Apr. 2026
The guests will be in France for the Cannes Film Festival, so there will probably be a lot of A-list actors, filmmakers, and assistants trying to make movie magic happen.
—Alejandra Gularte, Vulture, 25 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for assistants
Noun
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Experts and congressional aides have said that Iran was likely able to preserve some of its arsenal by deploying decoys and dispersing weapons around the country.—
Kayla Hayempour,
NBC news,
1 May 2026
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There are six hopefuls vying to replace Price, including one of his longtime aides, a candidate backed by the Democratic Socialists of America and a hopeful supported by Mayor Karen Bass.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
1 May 2026
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The Baptism of Christ is generally believed to have been completed by El Greco’s son and other apprentices in his workshop in the decade after the artist died.—
Leigh Anne Miller,
ARTnews.com,
20 Apr. 2026
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Art historians believe it was unfinished at the time El Greco died in 1614 and that it was completed by the painter’s son, Jorge Manuel, with help from other apprentices in El Greco’s workshop.—
Jackie Flynn Mogensen,
Scientific American,
17 Apr. 2026
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Talley at one or two points engaged the sheriff’s deputies who stood over him throughout the hearing and at one point started laughing as Pekara argued for his detention.—
Caroline Kubzansky,
Chicago Tribune,
30 Apr. 2026
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Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department At the time, a separate LASD news release said that deputies were called to the 13200 block of Jarvis Avenue near 132nd Street in the Athens Park area after learning of a shooting in the area.—
Dean Fioresi,
CBS News,
30 Apr. 2026
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In her performance of Francis Poulenc’s operatic monodrama La Voix Humaine (The Human Voice), Hannigan turned that problem — and many more — into an advantage with a couple of technological aids.—
Justin Davidson,
Vulture,
29 Apr. 2026
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In some cases, people with spasmodic dysphonia may use communication aids or devices, such as those that translate text to speech.—
Mary Walrath-Holdridge,
USA Today,
23 Apr. 2026
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“Assistants.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/assistants. Accessed 3 May. 2026.
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