assistant

Example Sentences

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“We want to look at these guys for what they are, not what they aren’t,” said assistant coach Justin Joyner.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 7, 2026

There are benefits for parents, too—Screen Sanity director Tracy Foster, whose 11-year-old son goes to Elsie’s school, said she no longer has to act as his executive assistant.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 6, 2026

Fu Sheng, chief executive of Cheetah Mobile, relentlessly shared how he "raised his lobster" on social media - a phrase users adopted to describe training the assistant for their requirements.

From BBC • Apr. 5, 2026

But the judge said he had no authority to undo Essayli’s designation as first assistant.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 4, 2026

Friendly faces came into view, some familiar—Gran; my favorite teacher, Miss Kirker; the vet assistant with a tower of pumpkin-orange curls—along with gobs of strangers gathered in the parking lot.

From "Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence" by Sonja Thomas