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helpmate

[help-meyt] / ˈhɛlpˌmeɪt /


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On the face of it, your partner doesn’t seem to have placed a high priority on being your stalwart helpmate.

From Washington Post Apr. 3, 2023

We see ourselves, our own troubled impulses, in her and, to some extent, in her helpmate Morgana.

From Los Angeles Times Nov. 5, 2021

Her memorialization as wife and helpmate, and the corresponding backgrounding of her lifelong political commitments, misses the wider critique of social injustice that underlay her life’s work.

From The Guardian Feb. 3, 2018

His model, people close to him say, is the laid-back helpmate vice presidency of George H.W.

From Seattle Times Mar. 29, 2017

He started as a junior equity analyst, a helpmate, not expected to offer his own opinions.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis




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