assistant
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I find brief is best if you want the assistant to be a straight shooter.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 16, 2026
Anna Ho, an assistant professor of astronomy at Cornell University and a coauthor with Perley on the paper, identified the remarkable event soon after its light arrived at Earth.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 16, 2026
Buried in the U.S. government’s consumer-price index is a category called ”computers, peripherals and smart-home assistant devices.”
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 15, 2026
Parents have been concerned about the school since the summer when executive director David Hussey and assistant principal in charge of athletics Devon Rose were ousted.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 15, 2026
The trader’s assistant brought out the hissing lamps and hung them over the porch.
From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer
She said that the ROI for these assistants didn’t materialize on day one, although that’s typical with most new technology experiences.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 17, 2026
I witnessed off-camera interactions with assistants, friends and family.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 15, 2026
When other assistants took time for vacation this summer, Patterson stayed in the facility.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 9, 2026
Wood said that the charity, that has been running for seven years, helped "a lot of teachers, teaching assistants, a lot of hospital staff, self-employed".
From BBC ● Aug. 6, 2026
Within hours, at Kissinger’s request, the Federal Bureau of Investigation began placing wiretaps on the phones of Kissinger’s assistants.
From "Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War" by Steve Sheinkin
Vocabulary lists containing assistant
Florida's B.E.S.T. Common Suffixes: -ant, -ent
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