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as in assistant
a person who helps a more skilled person
exasperated, the army surgeon requested a helpmeet who wouldn't faint at the sight of blood
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as in wife
a female partner in a marriage
he and his helpmeet share a passion for rock climbing
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Recent Examples of helpmeet
My mother has always been his helpmeet.
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Vogue, 31 May 2022
Blanchett is Alice, a kind but clumsy helpmeet who goes to work for Edwina after her bricklayer husband is killed by a falling pile of bricks.
—Sophie Gilbert, The Atlantic, 18 Oct. 2022
At 69, Jean Smart has almost five decades of ancillary and co-lead roles to her name—the rapacious Lana in Frasier, the ditsy helpmeet Charlene in Designing Women—but the new HBO Max series Hacks marks the rare time the actor has anchored a show.
—Sophie Gilbert, The Atlantic, 18 May 2021
How many of us would just as soon consign the late first lady – helpmeet and soulmate of the 40th U.S. president, Ronald Reagan – to the mists of the un-woke 1980s?
—Matt Damsker, USA TODAY, 12 Apr. 2021
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Vogue, 31 May 2022
Blanchett is Alice, a kind but clumsy helpmeet who goes to work for Edwina after her bricklayer husband is killed by a falling pile of bricks.
—Sophie Gilbert, The Atlantic, 18 Oct. 2022
At 69, Jean Smart has almost five decades of ancillary and co-lead roles to her name—the rapacious Lana in Frasier, the ditsy helpmeet Charlene in Designing Women—but the new HBO Max series Hacks marks the rare time the actor has anchored a show.
—Sophie Gilbert, The Atlantic, 18 May 2021
How many of us would just as soon consign the late first lady – helpmeet and soulmate of the 40th U.S. president, Ronald Reagan – to the mists of the un-woke 1980s?
—Matt Damsker, USA TODAY, 12 Apr. 2021
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for helpmeet
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Her young assistant, Esme (Sophie Wilde), is angling for a promotion, and deserves one.Stephanie Zacharek, TIME, 25 Dec. 2024
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The clip was posted by an emergency and critical care vet assistant, who is known on TikTok as @hachpoul.Andy Biggs, Newsweek, 25 Dec. 2024
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When my wife, Patricia, and I married in 1981, Mike drummed up a party invite: Pat and Tim’s Post-Wedding Zoo-a-Thon.Tim Kiska, Detroit Free Press, 21 Dec. 2024
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So Mark McAfee and his wife Blaine loaded up their white Suburban SUV with jugs of unprocessed milk and some ice chests to keep it cool, and drove the 250 miles to the Venice neighborhood of Los Angeles.Amy Feldman, Forbes, 21 Dec. 2024
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The 27-year-old conservative was introducing White House senior aide Dan Scavino at the annual gathering when he became disoriented.Brian Niemietz, New York Daily News, 16 Dec. 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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The challenge isn’t just to use AI but to make generative AI for leaders an aid toward responsible and purposeful guidance in all three dimensions.Nell Derick Debevoise, Forbes, 26 Dec. 2024
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Crews initiated the working fire protocol, which brought mutual aid from the Bristol and Meriden Fire Departments and station coverage from the Cheshire Fire Department.Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 26 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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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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Later that day, a Contra Costa Sheriff’s deputy recognized him in the Charger, wearing the same clothing all four victims described, and arrested him, according to court records.Nate Gartrell, The Mercury News, 21 Dec. 2024
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Sheriff’s deputies responded to a family disturbance call at a house in the 7500 block of Versailles Way in Sacramento County early Friday morning, sheriff’s officials said on social media.Rebecca Plevin, Los Angeles Times, 21 Dec. 2024
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Bart auditions for the role of the hero’s sidekick, Fallout Boy, but loses it to Milhouse, who’s an inch taller.Jesse David Fox, Vulture, 17 Dec. 2024
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In a new campaign to benefit The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids), the actress appears alongside Reynolds, 48, as his Marvel character Deadpool and sidekick Kidpool (played by Ryan's 8-year-old daughter, Inez Reynolds).Catherine Santino, People.com, 12 Dec. 2024
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“Helpmeet.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/helpmeet. Accessed 31 Dec. 2024.
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