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assistant

[uh-sis-tuhnt] / əˈsɪs tənt /


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Argentina players Paredes, Nahuel Molina, Thiago Almada and assistant coach Roberto Ayala all appeared to be involved in the fracas on the pitch as Spain celebrated their 1-0 win.

From BBC Jul. 22, 2026

“The mere prospect there could be a call is enough to chill agency heads,” Graham Steele, a former Treasury assistant secretary for financial institutions, told me.

From Slate Jul. 22, 2026

Azure, which is Microsoft’s cloud business, and Copilot, which is its AI assistant, are becoming the “clearest indicators” that Microsoft’s AI investments are translating into “durable value creation,” Wood wrote.

From MarketWatch Jul. 21, 2026

His longtime assistant and caregiver Nathan Nesbitt confirmed his death to The Times on Monday.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 21, 2026

Usually, Camille is chatting about who asked who to homecoming while Andre complains about the assistant lacrosse coach who hates his guts or the sea monster he can’t kill in whatever video game he’s playing.

From "South of Somewhere" by Kalena Miller

But on Sunday, shop assistants at the organic supermarket erect barriers through the store to guide shoppers to the bakery section and two cooling cabinets, and away from verboten goods.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 19, 2026

On one occasion, she says, he gathered his assistants for a photoshoot.

From BBC Jul. 18, 2026

It is a calculus playing out across the tech industry as a new generation of AI-powered coding assistants transforms how software gets built.

From Barron's Jul. 17, 2026

Saar would often hire them as assistants in the studio, she explains: “We’d help her sew, or draw, or glue things together.”

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 15, 2026

During the war itself, William had to stand by and watch as his colleagues and assistants became military officers, then rose in rank.

From "The Woman All Spies Fear" by Amy Butler Greenfield




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