How to Use assistant in a Sentence
assistant
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Stumps of legs were all that was left of a church assistant.
—Jason Motlagh, Rolling Stone, 16 Apr. 2023
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Francona had spent 2001 with the Tribe as a special assistant to the team.
—Terry Pluto, cleveland, 22 Jan. 2023
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Once the singer was set on the carpet, her assistant handed her a sword to pose with.
—Maggie Clancy, WWD, 11 Sep. 2024
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Williams hired Willie Green as a lead assistant when taking the Phoenix job in 2019.
—Duane Rankin, The Arizona Republic, 31 Oct. 2022
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At one point, the blaze encroached upon the homes of Close and assistant Tony Newnan, who live near the edge of the fire zone.
—Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 12 Jan. 2025
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Jack Herum returns for his fifth season with the Bucks as an assistant in the video room.
—Jim Owczarski, Journal Sentinel, 28 June 2023
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Those staffers are in addition to the 10 full-time assistants.
—Jeff Potrykus, Journal Sentinel, 26 May 2023
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King has been hired by the Chicago Bears as an assistant working with the running backs.
—Mike Freeman, USA TODAY, 22 Feb. 2024
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Elsewhere on the plane, Jess, Kendall’s assistant, has acquired an early draft of the kill list.
—Erica Gonzales, ELLE, 25 Apr. 2023
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Hazel is in the other room with Monét’s assistant, giggling along to music videos.
—Steven J. Horowitz, Variety, 31 Jan. 2024
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Among those who shared and joked about the image were French and Ruskin, the assistant wardens, according to the report.
—Dan Petrella, Chicago Tribune, 6 Dec. 2022
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An assistant left a year and a half ago to drive for Amazon, and the man Torres hired to replace him quit after a few months.
—Katie Johnston, BostonGlobe.com, 17 Dec. 2022
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Da Vinci had plenty of assistants that worked with him on his stuff.
—Ryan Faughnder, Los Angeles Times, 16 May 2023
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Williams hired Young the following season as Willie Green was the lead assistant.
—Duane Rankin, The Arizona Republic, 11 Apr. 2023
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Romy’s assistant, Esme (Sophie Wilde), mentions that her boss grew up in a cult.
—Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 24 Dec. 2024
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Shaw, along with new assistant coaches Dean Weasler and Jake Leitner, has turned the team around in short order.
—Casey Brogan, Anchorage Daily News, 28 Oct. 2022
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Check out this massive list of terms that can trigger your smart assistants.
—Kim Komando, USA TODAY, 11 May 2023
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Green is now in his second season as an assistant at Iowa State.
—Lori Nickel, Journal Sentinel, 29 Mar. 2023
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He was ordained a priest a year later and served as the church’s assistant until 1969, when he was named rector.
—Jacques Kelly, Baltimore Sun, 3 Jan. 2023
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Plus, everyone who worked on the film, from the production assistants to the director to the leading star, was paid the same rate on set.
—Jennifer Liu, CNBC, 16 Aug. 2024
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Like the Rabbit, this was yet another AI assistant, though it was designed to be worn on your lapel.
—Julian Chokkattu, WIRED, 27 Dec. 2024
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Pinkett Smith then secretly called her assistant to book her a flight to L.A. the next morning.
—Michaela Zee, Variety, 17 Oct. 2023
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The two companies joined forces in 2019 to create a pair of glasses powered by Meta’s AI assistant and with a tiny camera on the rim.
—Prarthana Prakash, Fortune Europe, 5 Nov. 2024
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The schedule hit a snag when one patient bailed at the last minute, leading Wilson’s camera assistant to ask a friend down the street to come in for a reading.
—J. Kim Murphy, Variety, 4 Sep. 2024
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My assistant, Brittany Horn, actually did the art of the tarot cards.
—Adam B. Vary, Variety, 25 Oct. 2024
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Tanya became aware of the plan thanks to her assistant, Portia (Haley Lu Richardson), who tipped her off.
—Sydney Bucksbaum, EW.com, 19 Apr. 2023
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The Amazon Astro can be your in-law’s new house pet and personal assistant.
—Micaela Arnett, Rolling Stone, 24 Nov. 2023
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The veteran assistant has played a huge role in the Kansas City Chiefs winning back-to-back titles and going for a three-peat.
—Vincent Frank, Forbes, 11 Jan. 2025
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Horn was also an assistant at both Marquette and Texas.
—Shelby Dermer, The Enquirer, 31 Mar. 2023
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Clubs in Norway’s top two divisions have voted to discontinue the use of video assistant referees (VAR) in their domestic leagues.
—Ali Rampling, The Athletic, 23 Jan. 2025
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