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assistant

[uh-sis-tuhnt] / əˈsɪs tənt /


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Starkenburg, an expert in extragalactic astronomy, is a research assistant professor at Northwestern's Center for Interdisciplinary Exploration and Research in Astrophysics.

From Science Daily Aug. 24, 2026

“He told me, ‘I have to do something to help and this is it,’” said Iliana Limón Romero, Times assistant managing editor for sports.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 23, 2026

Trescothick, who was an assistant under Stokes and McCullum, said England tried to take the "best bits" from the previous regime but are "not Brendon and Ben".

From BBC Aug. 22, 2026

After he received his Ph.D. at the University of Chicago, Niederhoffer took a job as an assistant professor at University of California, Berkeley, during which time he kept a pet monkey.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 21, 2026

But Phineas and his assistant have done this a thousand times—pour the powder, set the fuse, pour the sand, tamp the sand plug, shout a warning, light the fuse, and run like mad.

From "Phineas Gage" by John Fleischman

Todd Monken crossed paths with Kiffin many times while both crisscrossed the country for decades, taking this job and that, as head coaches and assistants at top colleges and in the NFL.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 24, 2026

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

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

The scientists were Roberto and I, cocaptains; and Trampita, Torito, Rorra, and Rubén, our assistants.

From "Breaking Through" by Francisco Jiménez




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