as in assistants
a person who helps a more skilled person
the nurse's aide will bring you an extra pillow served as an aide in his father's senatorial campaign
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Recent Examples of aides
His top aides are leaking that Cuba may be next on the regime change list.
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Nolan Finley, Twin Cities, 9 Jan. 2026
Trump aides for months have hinted the administration would seek other executive levers to implement the president’s tariff plan.
—Jake Angelo, Fortune, 8 Jan. 2026
The president has also moved to fill both advisory boards supervising the ballroom project with his own aides and appointees.
—ABC News, 8 Jan. 2026
About 100,000 more kids are expected to get child care access under investments expected to be included in this year’s state budget, which is due April 1, Hochul aides said.
—Cayla Bamberger, New York Daily News, 8 Jan. 2026
The charges appear to be the same as those in a 2020 indictment of Maduro and several key aides.
—CBS News, 4 Jan. 2026
That's because professional strategists, image-makers, press aides, pamphlets, travel, air time and all the rest are expensive.
—John C. Moritz, Austin American Statesman, 4 Jan. 2026
The incident ended when one of her top aides, Juan José Ramírez Mendoza, intervened.
—Alessandra Freitas, CNN Money, 5 Nov. 2025
But his operation—run largely by longtime aides and consultants—never found a rhythm.
—Nik Popli, Time, 5 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for aides
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The Rebels found themselves in coach limbo throughout the playoffs, as many assistants are following Kiffin to Baton Rouge.—
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With Pete Golding calling the shots after being promoted from defensive coordinator to head coach, and most of the assistants sticking around, the Rebels blew out Tulane to open the playoff and took down mighty Georgia in the CFP quarterfinals.—
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My two younger siblings also have my same type of hearing loss and have worn hearing aids since their 40s at least.—
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My two younger siblings have my same type of hearing loss and have worn hearing aids since their 40s, if not earlier.—
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And many of those apprentices — in skilled trades, electricians, laborers, carpenters — are already at work strengthening and building the physical foundations of our state.—
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The apprentices shopped for and wrapped hundreds of presents for the students.—
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The video depicts deputies struggling to enter before getting inside and arresting demonstrators, who had been broadcasting demands that Stanford place divestment proposals on an upcoming Board of Trustees agenda.—
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The Ventura County Sheriff's office said deputies found 67 pounds of marijuana, fentanyl, cocaine, promethazine, hundreds of oxycodone pills, six rifles and three handguns inside Baz's home in Van Nuys.—
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“Aides.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/aides. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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