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a person who helps a more skilled person the chief assistant to the director
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Jocelyn Gecker, Fortune, 23 Apr. 2026 Terry Bertling, a part-time assistant editor at the San Antonio Express-News and associate professor of practice at Texas State University in San Marcos, lives a few doors down from where the second explosion happened. —Annasofia Scheve, San Antonio Express-News, 23 Apr. 2026
Reed Albergotti, semafor.com, 24 Apr. 2026 Debra Duncan, who served as assistant vice president of ticketing for the 1984 Games, still has the first tickets printed for that event framed. —Amy Corral, CBS News, 23 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for assistant
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With a class of 70 students, Schaffer splits the job with his teaching assistants. —Jocelyn Gecker, Fortune, 23 Apr. 2026 Terry Bertling, a part-time assistant editor at the San Antonio Express-News and associate professor of practice at Texas State University in San Marcos, lives a few doors down from where the second explosion happened. —Annasofia Scheve, San Antonio Express-News, 23 Apr. 2026
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At times, the assistant borders on therapist. —Reed Albergotti, semafor.com, 24 Apr. 2026 Debra Duncan, who served as assistant vice president of ticketing for the 1984 Games, still has the first tickets printed for that event framed. —Amy Corral, CBS News, 23 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for assistant
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Seventeen in 1941, Betty forewent college to serve in wartime as a Red Cross nurse’s aide.— John McPhee, New Yorker, 20 Apr. 2026
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Unlike other recent Cabinet departures, Chavez-DeRemer’s exit was announced by a White House aide, not by the president on his social media account.— Seung Min Kim, Los Angeles Times, 20 Apr. 2026
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During the Renaissance, master painters typically employed apprentices to work alongside them as the apprentices learned their craft.— Jackie Flynn Mogensen, Scientific American, 17 Apr. 2026
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Born in 1857 in Derry Township, Pennsylvania, Hershey took an interest in candy making at age 14 and spent four years as an apprentice at a place called Royer’s Ice Cream Parlor and Garden in Lancaster, Pennsylvania.— David P. Willis, USA Today, 15 Apr. 2026
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This is a strong time to outline an idea, rehearse once, and put it in front of a small, supportive audience.— Tarot.com, The Orlando Sentinel, 20 Apr. 2026
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Saxton said the department has been told to expect a 40% cut to its permanent supportive housing funding.— Sierra Lopez, Mercury News, 19 Apr. 2026
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Blair previously served as one of White House chief of staff Susie Wiles’s deputies.— Claire Carter, The Washington Examiner, 22 Apr. 2026
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Ann-Marie Guglieri, Yale's executive deputy director/chief operating officer of athletics, and Mary Berdo, deputy director of athletics, the second- and third-ranked positions in the department under Chun, purchased a house together in Milford, Connecticut, in June 2018, the deed shows.— Jackson Thompson, FOXNews.com, 22 Apr. 2026
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Sykes also stressed that the additional trio of inductee categories shouldn’t be considered subordinate despite mixed public perception about their purpose.— Devon Ivie, Vulture, 14 Apr. 2026
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The previously unreported messages establish that the congressman propositioned a subordinate years before his 2024 affair with Santos-Aviles, who later died by suicide.— Bayliss Wagner, San Antonio Express-News, 7 Apr. 2026
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The victim was transported the South Shore Hospital after receiving aid on the scene.— Colleen Cronin, Boston Herald, 19 Apr. 2026
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And by the way, there’s a humanitarian component here as well in terms of fertilizer, food, and other aid agencies that need that open for the ongoing crises in Africa.— NBC news, NBC news, 19 Apr. 2026
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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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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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Phil was also a big fan of the Archie comics, so when Charles landed the role of Reggie, the football sidekick of Archie in Riverdale, Phil was thrilled.— Rebecca Aizin, PEOPLE, 17 Apr. 2026
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Hunt plays Coach Beard, sidekick to the titular character played by Jason Sudeikis.— Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune, 17 Apr. 2026
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“Assistant.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.grautoblog.com/thesaurus/assistant. Accessed 25 Apr. 2026.
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