Collocations withassistant
These are words often used in combination withassistant.
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dental assistant
He then transferred to the air service as a dental assistant before being accepted for military pilot training.
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deputy assistant
Later decisions on the handling of the case were made by a deputy assistant commissioner.
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editorial assistant
Last, but by no means least, is the mandatory requirement that there be an understanding and unfailingly cheerful editorial assistant.
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female assistant
The interviews were undertaken by the author and a female assistant.
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full-time assistant
I am asking for permission for the hospitals to engage two resident housekeepers and three full-time assistant housekeepers.
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graduate assistant
Play groups were supervised by a teacher and graduate assistant in a specially designed laboratory playroom.
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lab assistant
It's uncertain if he was a scientist or lab assistant, though it's possible he was joking.
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legal assistant
The staff so transferred consists of one senior legal assistant and three clerks.
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library assistant
He would only have to note on an issue sheet the name of the book and its publisher and hand it to the library assistant.
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medical assistant
From 1971 to 1973, 21 applications from regional hospital boards for upgrading to medical assistant were considered ; of these 20 were approved.
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nursing assistant
In turn, the registered nurse becomes busy and delegates some of the caring aspects to the nursing assistant.
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personal digital assistants
Drug information software is also used in personal digital assistants and handheld computers for greater ease and mobility.
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production assistant
Just then a production assistant arrives to tell him that he is next to perform.
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resident assistant
This official is the resident assistant.
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senior assistant
The senior assistant is compressing the uterus as the suture is fed through the posterior wall into the cavity.
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special assistant
A lady down the other end of the table said that she thought it was a special assistant to the director-general.
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teacher assistant
Serving as an on-campus intern, teacher assistant, and media assistant does not count as a class for eligibility.
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technical assistant
The expert can become the technical assistant, rather than the technocratic replacement, of the public.
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