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assistant

[uh-sis-tuhnt] / əˈsɪs tənt /


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Former England opener Trescothick was an assistant to McCullum when the New Zealander was in charge of both the Test and white-ball teams.

From BBC Aug. 21, 2026

“We’ve been in this 26-year prolonged drought period,” said Andrea Travnicek, the Interior Department’s assistant secretary for water and science.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 21, 2026

All Arteta had done was spend a few years as an assistant.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 21, 2026

"GDF15 helps reprogram liver cells to reduce inflammation and scarring by advanced spatial technology," says Dongdong Wang, first and corresponding author of the study and assistant professor in McMaster's Department of Medicine.

From Science Daily Aug. 21, 2026

After the doctor had settled himself down, he told his servants to untie Joao and the assistant.

From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer

The festival’s founders boast quite an industry lineage, having met on the set of a Sofia Coppola movie, where they were production assistants.

From Salon Aug. 22, 2026

The grocer said average order value is higher for online shoppers when they use AI-powered online shopping assistants, helping the company nab a small win in the tricky world of AI economics.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 18, 2026

Businesses can tweak it to operate it entirely on their own devices and create AI assistants that manage schedules, draft messages and organize files.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 12, 2026

Jaissle has brought three assistants with him in Alexander Hauser, Engin Yanova and Florens Koch, two coach analysts in Maximilian Fischer and Steffen Konrad and a goalkeeping coach, Alexander Bade.

From BBC Aug. 8, 2026

Mark, one of the bearded casting assistants, says.

From "Better Nate Than Ever" by Tim Federle




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