assistant
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Amanpour began working for CNN in 1983 as an assistant on the international news desk, and went on to become one of the network's best-known correspondents, often reporting on conflicts and wars.
From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2026
El-Sayed left a position as an assistant professor at Columbia University to work in public health, where he won awards for his success in protecting children’s health from environmental pollution.
From Salon ● Oct. 19, 2026
If you had shown up in Hollywood pitching a script about Netflix’s recent struggles, it wouldn’t have gotten past the executive assistant to the executive producer.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 19, 2026
Plus, Meta has a cute assistant for you and Kelly Clarkson picks a fight with a niche Brooklyn magic shop.
From Slate ● Oct. 17, 2026
From his own assistant pastorate, Karel wrote that he would be there and looked forward to seeing us all again.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
Agents can live up to that name and be good organizational assistants, rather than souped-up search engines that can talk back to you.
From Slate ● Oct. 14, 2026
Both she and Oliver are retired “Helperbots,” human-like robots who were once employed, if that’s the word, as assistants to flesh-and-blood people.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 10, 2026
As OpenAI showed off its latest AI assistants in San Francisco last week, protesters outside — some dressed as killer robots —demanded it keep AI away from the military.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 8, 2026
Consumers have plenty of artificial-intelligence assistants at their disposal that can analyze their spending and optimize their finances.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 8, 2026
When he stood up to keep running—one of the assistants told him to take it easy—his legs wobbled.
From "We'll Fly Away" by Bryan Bliss
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Florida's B.E.S.T. Common Suffixes: -ant, -ent
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