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Recent Examples of basic training
In response, Ukraine has extended its basic training to 1.5 months and implemented an adaptive period for recruits joining combat brigades.
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Josh Hammer, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Apr. 2025
The program is 18 months long and entails an orientation and basic training phase, months of firefighter and more advanced training and then a 12-month crew assignment.
—Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA TODAY, 14 Jan. 2025
New army recruits of the Bundeswehr, Germany’s armed forces, during basic training on Nov. 29, 2022 near Prenzlau, Germany.
—Chloe Taylor, CNBC, 26 Mar. 2025
The Army also launched pre-enlistment boot camps to help potential candidates get into shape before going into basic training.
—Eleanor Watson, CBS News, 13 Mar. 2025
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Josh Hammer, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Apr. 2025
The program is 18 months long and entails an orientation and basic training phase, months of firefighter and more advanced training and then a 12-month crew assignment.
—Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA TODAY, 14 Jan. 2025
New army recruits of the Bundeswehr, Germany’s armed forces, during basic training on Nov. 29, 2022 near Prenzlau, Germany.
—Chloe Taylor, CNBC, 26 Mar. 2025
The Army also launched pre-enlistment boot camps to help potential candidates get into shape before going into basic training.
—Eleanor Watson, CBS News, 13 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for basic training
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Participants will undergo a five-day intensive editing boot camp in New York, with courses and panel discussions led by ProPublica’s senior editors.—
Talia Buford,
ProPublica,
16 May 2025
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Radio boot camp Radio station KPCR will be hosting a boot camp for teenagers interested in a career in audio storytelling this summer.—
Nollyanne Delacruz,
Mercury News,
14 May 2025
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Priority #1 – get good experience Salary should not be your driver -- getting good training and mentorship to learn as much as possible is a better objective.—
Robin Ryan,
Forbes.com,
20 May 2025
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The plan, currently under review at the White House, includes federal tax incentives, co-production treaties, job training, and infrastructure subsidies.—
Anthony D'Alessandro,
Deadline,
20 May 2025
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The way the industry has done so in recent years is by expanding its marketing of the work as well as building out its apprenticeship programs.—
Dylan Sherman,
Arkansas Online,
19 May 2025
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Thus far, its apprenticeship programs have helped more than 700 people and, in 2023, led to the development of a boutique commercial bakery in San Diego’s Old Town, according to Kitchens for Good.—
Noah Lyons,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
18 May 2025
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“Basic training.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/basic%20training. Accessed 28 May. 2025.
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