administrative assistant

American  

noun

• administrative assistants
  plural

1. a person employed to aid an executive, as in a corporate department, by coordinating such office services and procedures as the supervision, maintenance, and control of the flow of work and programs, personnel, budgeting, records, etc., for the entire department.

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Noun Inflected Forms

• administrative assistants
  plural

Example Sentences

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administrative assistant

“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

I’m currently in a corporate leadership role, and lately I’ve been seriously considering leaving it behind to do something completely different — maybe even becoming an administrative assistant.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 20, 2026

Melissa Casias, an administrative assistant at the Los Alamos National Laboratory, was reported missing last June.

From BBC ● Jun. 2, 2026

Madigan was born in Chicago on September 11, 1950 to a journalist father and a mother who worked as an administrative assistant and did community theater in her spare time.

From Barron's ● Mar. 15, 2026

Natalie’s mom worked as an administrative assistant at a doctor’s office, and Natalie knew her salary wasn’t that big.

From "Two Degrees" by Alan Gratz