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assist

[uh-sist] / əˈsɪst /




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Bajaj, an adjunct professor at Stanford’s School of Medicine who previously co-founded Google’s life sciences division, said the company’s goal is to build AI systems that can assist throughout the entire engineering process.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026

The buzz: With a goal and an assist in the Americans’ penultimate warm-up with Senegal, Christian Pulisic broke out of a career-long scoring drought and proved himself ready for the World Cup.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026

Another $2,000 is listed for Cornerstone Schools that year “to assist the inner city schools in Uganda,” which is what Cornerstone Schools does in Detroit and Cornerstone Development does not do in Uganda’s inner-city schools.

From Salon • Jun. 9, 2026

The issue is acute enough that local Moscow-installed authorities have had to launch a special hotline to assist them.

From BBC • Jun. 8, 2026

“The Colonel felt you’d be well suited to assist as a messenger. Are you physically fit?”

From "The Bletchley Riddle" by Ruta Sepetys and Steve Sheinkin




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