apprenticed

verb

Definition of apprenticednext
past tense of apprentice
as in employed

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  1. employed
  2. hired
  3. contracted
  4. retained
Verb
  • Later in 2019, the woman claims that she was physically dominated and raped by Brooks while employed for an event.
    Ilana Kaplan, People.com, 4 Oct. 2024
  • For the Spanish-language Dracula, Universal employed a different director, actors and crew to work at night on the same sets — and in many of the same costumes — that were used during the day for the Tod Browning version that made Bela Lugosi a legend.
    Mike Barnes, The Hollywood Reporter, 4 Oct. 2024
Definition of employed
Verb
  • The family of Tupac Shakur has hired powerhouse lawyer Alex Spiro to investigate any potential links between Sean Combs and the murder of Tupac Shakur, Rolling Stone has confirmed.
    Cheyenne Roundtree, Rolling Stone, 4 Oct. 2024
  • According to Stearns, Binder was one of the first five people Harris ever hired in politics.
    Zohreen Shah, ABC News, 4 Oct. 2024
Definition of hired
Verb
  • As outlined in a 2021 report by Inside Higher Ed, during the global pandemic, many student counseling centers contracted with third-party vendors to provide teletherapy services for students.
    Eric Wood, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
  • Construction on new homes doesn’t start until buyers come tour, are contracted, and designs are finalized.
    Jennifer Castenson, Forbes, 2 Oct. 2024
Definition of contracted
Verb
  • Horowitz, retained to broker the deal, immediately thought of the George Kaiser Family Foundation, in Tulsa.
    Tad Friend, The New Yorker, 21 Oct. 2024
  • If one or more of the judges is not retained, Indiana would use the judicial nomination commission to select a new lawyer, and the Indiana governor would make the appointment from a list of nominees by the commission.
    Hayleigh Colombo, The Indianapolis Star, 21 Oct. 2024
Definition of retained
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