assistant
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When the head clerk asks Stormfield where he’s from, an assistant locates Earth on a map—it’s designated “The Wart.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026
They headed to the base of the towers, where assistant fire commissioner Steve Gregory was sending firefighters in.
From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2026
“Homeowners are just trying to do what they can to stop the wave action from further erosion,” said Karen Morris, the administrative assistant for the Capistrano Bay Community Services District, which serves the homes.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 10, 2026
The 40-year-old has no memory of Africa and home is San Diego, California, where she studied business and became a nursing assistant and mother, she said.
From Barron's ● Sep. 10, 2026
While his assistant is pouring the sand, Phineas flips his tamping iron around from the pointy end to the round end for tamping.
From "Phineas Gage" by John Fleischman
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Doctors and specialised nurses often earn enough to meet Sweden's new, higher income requirements for work permits, but nursing assistants, elderly-care workers and adult children of healthcare workers in many cases do not.
From Barron's ● Sep. 9, 2026
Public-facing workers - including waiters, shop assistants and doctors - must address customers or patients initially in Ukrainian, though they can later switch to Russian if the client prefers that.
From BBC ● Sep. 5, 2026
An aging population always needs more doctors, nurses and healthcare assistants.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 2, 2026
Morris and his assistants have invested time in teaching players to play dominoes and spades.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026
So they served as laboratory assistants for science projects and turned the kitchen table into an honors calculus class.
From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly
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Florida's B.E.S.T. Common Suffixes: -ant, -ent
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