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artificial aid

British  

noun

  1. mountaineering another name for aid

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Everyone agrees that, in an ideal world, it would not exist, that drivers could follow closely and overtake without an artificial aid.

From BBC Mar. 12, 2024

Others worry that the runners are benefiting from an artificial aid that wasn’t available to previous generations.

From Washington Post Oct. 14, 2020

But no doubt these guys climbed it using the artificial aid protection that was already in place before they tried to "free" it, perhaps several times.

From New York Times Jan. 14, 2015

I'd be AOK as a Cub fan with Mattingly in the Hall, especially knowing he did it all without artificial aid.

From New York Times Jan. 3, 2015

The female ostrich, in her robe of tender, greyish brown, is attractive enough to her prospective mate without artificial aid.

From Lodges in the Wilderness by Scully, W. C. (William Charles)

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