aid
verb (used with object)
to provide support for or relief to; help.
had aided
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past perfectof aid.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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Most believed, wrongly, that Hussein had aided in the 9/11 attacks.
From Slate ● Mar. 11, 2026
His mission was to track down American traitors who had aided the Italian and Nazi war efforts.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 10, 2026
Waiving the fee for roughly half a year was estimated to cost the county $360,000 and had aided hundreds of families, according to a September report from the medical examiner.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 7, 2025
Her voice grew softer as she read her statement admitting how she had aided her husband.
From New York Times ● Feb. 18, 2022
And also - less comfortably to the modern eye - like this: Most significantly of all, however, they ignored the old marks that had aided the reader-aloud.
From "Eats, Shoots & Leaves" by Author
