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administrative assistants

  • plural
    of administrative assistant.
    administrative assistant
    noun
    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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For example, larger shares of dry cleaners and construction workers said they use AI on the job when compared to administrative assistants and data-entry clerks.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 1, 2026

But the young women who would have become telephone operators became stenographers, administrative assistants and waitresses instead.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 10, 2026

Earlier this week, the district reached a tentative agreement with Teamsters Local 572, which represents more than 3,200 workers including school administrative assistants, food services managers and plant managers.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 31, 2026

The jobs included business managers, nurses, software developers, sales supervisors, financial analysts, purchasing agents, industrial engineers and administrative assistants.

From New York Times ● Jan. 14, 2022

Those jobs include salesclerks, administrative assistants, cashiers and aides in hospitals and those who take care of the sick and elderly.

From Seattle Times ● Sep. 5, 2021

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