as in assistant
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 aide
He was seen walking with aides on what appeared to be an unmanned surveillance aircraft that resembled the U.S. RQ-4 Global Hawk high-altitude surveillance aircraft parked on the tarmac in the background.
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Michael Dorgan, FOXNews.com, 22 May 2025
Prior to this week, the president had largely allowed his top fiscal aides to engage with Hill leaders on the bill.
—Christian Datoc, The Washington Examiner, 22 May 2025
Most days are billed at a routine home-care rate — with intermittent nurse and aide visits in the patient’s residence.
—John Samuels, Forbes.com, 21 May 2025
The book includes anonymous interviews with Cabinet members and revelations about how Biden’s inner circle of White House aides limited his work hours, shortened his speeches and restricted Cabinet members’ access to him.
—Rebecca Morin, USA Today, 21 May 2025
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Michael Dorgan, FOXNews.com, 22 May 2025
Prior to this week, the president had largely allowed his top fiscal aides to engage with Hill leaders on the bill.
—Christian Datoc, The Washington Examiner, 22 May 2025
Most days are billed at a routine home-care rate — with intermittent nurse and aide visits in the patient’s residence.
—John Samuels, Forbes.com, 21 May 2025
The book includes anonymous interviews with Cabinet members and revelations about how Biden’s inner circle of White House aides limited his work hours, shortened his speeches and restricted Cabinet members’ access to him.
—Rebecca Morin, USA Today, 21 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for aide
Noun
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The 64-year-old has worked behind the scenes in the television industry, including roles as a production assistant and camera operator.—
Tereza Shkurtaj,
People.com,
24 May 2025
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The film’s assistant director, David Halls, secured a plea deal with prosecutors, pleading no contest to a misdemeanor count of negligent handling of a gun.—
Daniel Kreps,
Rolling Stone,
24 May 2025
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The Israeli government is working with the U.S. to set up aid distribution points in southern and central Gaza, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Wednesday.—
Morgan Winsor,
ABC News,
24 May 2025
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This week, a few aid trucks entered the territory and began reaching Palestinians for the first time since the blockade began. COGAT, the Israeli defense body overseeing aid for Gaza, said 388 trucks had entered since Monday.—
Sally Abou Aljoud,
Los Angeles Times,
24 May 2025
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Following the ceremony, the royal couple went aboard the ship and met representatives leading the delivery of the ship, apprentices and graduates of the Shipbuilding Academy and Royal Navy members, who discussed the ship's construction and capabilities.—
Stephanie Petit,
People.com,
22 May 2025
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These included a gentleman singing with his manservant on Mardi Gras, seven apprentices of a ribbon maker singing together, and a woman charged for singing while working in her house and yard, among many others.—
Livia Gershon,
JSTOR Daily,
9 May 2025
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At the time, there were an estimated 450 greater adjutant storks left in the region.—
Kyla Mandel,
TIME,
20 Feb. 2025
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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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The deputies that fired their weapons are placed on administrative assignment, Codd said.—
Grethel Aguila,
Miami Herald,
1 June 2025
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The White House deputy press secretary, Harrison Fields, said the Corporation for Public Broadcasting is creating media to support a particular political party on the taxpayers' dime.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
1 June 2025
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“Aide.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/aide. Accessed 4 Jun. 2025.
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