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
Kenny Jacoby, USA TODAY, 12 Dec. 2024
The Giants hired Belichick as a special teams assistant in 1979 and promoted him to defensive coordinator in 1985.
—Rohan Nadkarni, NBC News, 12 Dec. 2024
Senior Director For Counterterrorism: Sebastian Gorka Sebastian Gorka was appointed as the deputy assistant to the president and senior director for counterterrorism.
—Sara Dorn, Forbes, 1 Dec. 2024
In February 2019, Patel became deputy assistant to the president and senior director for counterterrorism on the White House’s National Security Council.
—Lalee Ibssa, ABC News, 30 Nov. 2024
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Meanwhile, a Hardeeville assistant coach started recruiting players to a new team in Georgia, which never came to fruition.
—Kenny Jacoby, USA TODAY, 12 Dec. 2024
The Giants hired Belichick as a special teams assistant in 1979 and promoted him to defensive coordinator in 1985.
—Rohan Nadkarni, NBC News, 12 Dec. 2024
Senior Director For Counterterrorism: Sebastian Gorka Sebastian Gorka was appointed as the deputy assistant to the president and senior director for counterterrorism.
—Sara Dorn, Forbes, 1 Dec. 2024
In February 2019, Patel became deputy assistant to the president and senior director for counterterrorism on the White House’s National Security Council.
—Lalee Ibssa, ABC News, 30 Nov. 2024
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Their journey of friendship and rivalry is the emotional core of a story that is startlingly political, a leap made effectively by Jeff Goldblum’s dodgy, smarmy and doddering Wizard, who’s ably assisted by the darkly dangerous aide de camp Michelle Yeoh.Steven Gaydos, Variety, 16 Dec. 2024
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While Trump was addressing some of the top-of-mind issues of the day — including sightings of drones flying over the Northeast — Biden himself has been silent, leaving it to aides to try to calm the public.Michelle L. Price and Adriana Gomez Licon, Los Angeles Times, 16 Dec. 2024
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His disappointment was brief; a local HVAC company happened to be looking for apprentices, and hired him.Jon Marcus, NPR, 17 Dec. 2024
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One of the apprentices, who had a passion for adding saffron to the molten glass, hit on the idea of making the plain risotto for the wedding dinner turn gold like his windows.Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 16 Dec. 2024
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Nicholas Denny, a former Bibb County, Ga., sheriff's deputy, was revealed to have been fired by lead sheriff David Davis more than a year after the district attorney told the sheriff's office Denny lied about a local jailer committing a crime.Democrat-Gazette staff from wire reports, arkansasonline.com, 9 Dec. 2024
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America First, the nonprofit group founded by Stephen Miller, who is set to become Trump’s deputy chief of staff for policy, took a victory lap after the ruling.Pamela N. Danziger, Forbes, 9 Dec. 2024
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The social critique was still in there but subordinate to these rich, comically flawed characters, each getting something like their own book.Adam Moss, Vulture, 25 Nov. 2024
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The four-star Army general in charge of U.S. Central Command is under investigation on allegations of pushing a subordinate service member during a recent trip to the Middle East, according to three U.S. officials familiar with the investigation.Courtney Kube, NBC News, 31 Oct. 2024
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For many health care providers, part of being prepared means looking to one another for aid.Rebecca Schneid, TIME, 14 Dec. 2024
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As Ukraine’s largest donor and neighbor, Europe would face the brunt of costs if U.S. aid runs out and isn’t renewed under Trump.Lily Meckel, CNBC, 13 Dec. 2024
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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.Kevin Fixler, Idaho Statesman, 13 July 2024
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Since 2019, when Woodward took over as the Gooding adjutant, that totals more than $23,000, according to an accounting obtained by the Statesman from the county clerk through a public records request.Kevin Fixler, Idaho Statesman, 13 July 2024
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So don’t be a Christmas Scrooge and ignore your neurological sidekick.Bryan Robinson, Forbes, 6 Dec. 2024
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Facing a wild ride, Henry will need his best friend Jasper (Sean Ryan Fox) and his new superfan sidekick to find his way out or be stuck in another dimension forever.Denise Petski, Deadline, 26 Nov. 2024
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“Assistant.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/assistant. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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