as in assistant
a person who helps a more skilled person
to make money over the summer, Chris worked as a carpenter's helper
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Recent Examples of helper
The reason for lowering the barriers to volunteering isn’t just to recruit more helpers, clarified Gonzalez, but to allow everyone an opportunity to give back to their community in a manner fulfilling to them.
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Isabel Rivera, Miami Herald, 23 June 2025
His first helper of the game, which occurred only two minutes in, came on a fast break, a flip to Jalen Williams for a transition dunk.
—Fred Katz, New York Times, 17 June 2025
Some vaccines contain a minute amount of aluminum salt that serves as an adjuvant – a helper ingredient that improves the quality and staying power of the immune response, so each dose can protect with less antigen.
—Jake Scott, The Conversation, 26 June 2025
So this magical guy soon showed up with two helpers.
—Charles Hammer, Kansas City Star, 25 June 2025
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Isabel Rivera, Miami Herald, 23 June 2025
His first helper of the game, which occurred only two minutes in, came on a fast break, a flip to Jalen Williams for a transition dunk.
—Fred Katz, New York Times, 17 June 2025
Some vaccines contain a minute amount of aluminum salt that serves as an adjuvant – a helper ingredient that improves the quality and staying power of the immune response, so each dose can protect with less antigen.
—Jake Scott, The Conversation, 26 June 2025
So this magical guy soon showed up with two helpers.
—Charles Hammer, Kansas City Star, 25 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for helper
Noun
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Again, perfect as a new smart assistant and alarm clock in one.—
Nena Farrell,
Wired News,
11 July 2025
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The assistant can summarize emails from important senders, analyze social media posts and even provide calendar management and navigation advice.—
Steven Wolfe Pereira,
Forbes.com,
11 July 2025
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Top Trump aide Stephen Miller in the spring demanded immigration agents rapidly increase arrests to 3,000 a day.—
Michael Smolens,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
13 July 2025
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But critics say the pace of litigation has failed to meet the urgency of the moment, just as the president’s aides weigh whether to replicate their L.A. experiment elsewhere throughout the country.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
10 July 2025
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As a part of Rubio’s reorganization, the State Department proposed a 50% reduction for aid to the world’s refugees in its 2026 budget request to Congress.—
Chris Boccia,
ABC News,
13 July 2025
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That included distributing pamphlets on parenting, fetal development and adoption, which could trigger the same reimbursement as providing tangible aid like diapers or formula.—
Cassandra Jaramillo,
ProPublica,
12 July 2025
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Deighton said the company plans to add more technicians and apprentices soon, adding that finding qualified people is challenging because U.K. universities are not teaching processes like laser design.—
Angela Velasquez,
Sourcing Journal,
25 June 2025
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Luna’s mother was British costume designer Fiona Alexander, who died when Luna was 2 years old, and his father was Mexican set designer Alejandro Luna, whom Luna shadowed as a child and, later, as an apprentice.—
Roxana Hadadi,
Vulture,
11 June 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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Whiting had been locked out of the County Attorney's Office since June after his chief deputy and three other top employees obtained restraining orders against him.—
Robert Anglen,
AZCentral.com,
7 July 2025
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Smirnov and his first deputy, Alexei Dedov, were arrested in April 2025 by the Russian Interior Ministry on allegations of embezzlement of public money over contracts for the construction of fortifications in Kursk.—
Shane Croucher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
7 July 2025
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Your summer outfits deserve a stylish sidekick, and Kate Spade’s playful yet polished handbags are at the top of our list this season.—
Mariana Best,
Better Homes & Gardens,
22 June 2025
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Jeanne to punk vegan creepers from Chicago label Straight to Hell and more cruelty-free footwear from Matt & Nat. Cameos by Lala, Cumming’s sidekick rescue dog, extend The Traitors’ kitsch drama to the canine world.—
Ingrid Schmidt,
HollywoodReporter,
21 June 2025
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“Helper.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/helper. Accessed 18 Jul. 2025.
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