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as in entourage
a body of employees or servants who accompany and wait on a person
a movie star who never goes anywhere without a train of personal assistants to cater to his every whim and need
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as in sequence
a series of things linked together
you've broken my train of thought—now what were we talking about?
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as in to prepare
to bring to a proper or desired state of fitness
has been training track-and-field athletes at the school for years
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as in to teach
to cause to acquire knowledge or skill in some field
will train the students in good study habits
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as in to focus
to fix (as one's attention) steadily toward a central objective
train all your thoughts on imagining how you'd score the winning goal in the game
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as in to aim
to point or turn (something) toward a target or goal
trained his eyes on the distant bull's-eye
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as in to equip
to make competent (as by training, skill, or ability) for a particular office or function
he's so experienced that they usually use him to train new recruits
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Recent Examples of train
Todd Karpovich, Baltimore Sun, 14 Mar. 2025
The train had been traveling from Quetta to the northern city of Peshawar.
—arkansasonline.com, 13 Mar. 2025
Nicole Fell, The Hollywood Reporter, 14 Mar. 2025
Sams says the agencies train a large number of both permanent and seasonal staff to be wildland firefighters.
—Dua Anjum, Rolling Stone, 14 Mar. 2025
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Noun
Two workers were injured when a CSX train derailed in Curtis Bay following a collision Friday morning, the company said.
—Todd Karpovich, Baltimore Sun, 14 Mar. 2025
The train had been traveling from Quetta to the northern city of Peshawar.
—arkansasonline.com, 13 Mar. 2025
Verb
Girls Generation — once dubbed the nation’s girl group in Korea — along with SHINee, EXO, Red Velvet and NCT were among the groups Kang helped cast and train at SM before heading to what would become IST Entertainment to form boy group The Boyz.
—Nicole Fell, The Hollywood Reporter, 14 Mar. 2025
Sams says the agencies train a large number of both permanent and seasonal staff to be wildland firefighters.
—Dua Anjum, Rolling Stone, 14 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for train
Noun
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That agreement was put on hold after Trump ordered Zelensky and his entourage to leave the White House after their Oval Office confrontation on Friday.—
Dominic Patten,
Deadline,
4 Mar. 2025
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The trickiest member of this entourage is Saturn, which may be visible only for a short window right after sunset, depending on your location and sky conditions.—
Michael d'Estries,
Travel + Leisure,
27 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Currently over 50% of KLM’s fleet of long haul aircraft offer these features with the percentage increasing as new aircraft replace older models.—
Michele Robson,
Forbes,
13 Mar. 2025
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Dollar General has made the decision to cut ties with less than 1 percent of the stores in its fleet.—
Meghan Hall,
Sourcing Journal,
13 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Crowds, many arriving by cruise ship, clog the snug streets and queue to hike the once-tranquil trails, namely the Via dell’Amore, the coastal path connecting Riomaggiore and Manarola.—
Gina DeCaprio Vercesi,
Travel + Leisure,
13 Mar. 2025
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Sonos employees would go on to say that Sonos rushed the update with insufficient testing, resulting in Sonos device owners suddenly losing key features, like accessibility capabilities and the abilities to edit song queues and playlists and access local music libraries.—
Ars Technica,
Ars Technica,
12 Mar. 2025
Noun
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On Des Moines’ first attacking sequence after halftime, Feilhaber was fouled in the box to set up a penalty kick.—
Daniel Sperry,
Kansas City Star,
20 Mar. 2025
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The report, which did not include a cause for the crash, noted that the exact sequence of the aforementioned events is still being examined.—
David Chiu,
People.com,
20 Mar. 2025
Verb
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Tuchel has spent the past three months preparing for the beginning of England’s 2026 World Cup-qualifying campaign.—
Dan Sheldon,
The Athletic,
18 Mar. 2025
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For example, upgrading the forge lets players improve weapons and armor, while upgrading the dojo trains allies to learn new skills in order to help Naoe and Yasuke prepare for the threats that lie ahead.—
George Yang,
Rolling Stone,
18 Mar. 2025
Verb
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In a red carpet interview at SXSW this weekend, Affleck explained that making his kids work for their allowance helps curb some of their impulses to spend and teaches them the value of a dollar.—
Nicolas Vega,
CNBC,
11 Mar. 2025
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Both are always teaching and providing value to their audiences.—
Ashley Hume,
Fox News,
11 Mar. 2025
Verb
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Moyes is likely to spend the summer focusing on improving the squad’s attacking output.—
Patrick Boyland,
The Athletic,
14 Mar. 2025
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Cartagena focuses on the distinctly Caribbean coastal cuisine of the city, incorporating all of the diverse influences from its Indigenous, European, and African cultures.—
Benjamin Liong Setiawan,
Forbes,
13 Mar. 2025
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This week, a Ukrainian delegation will travel to Saudi Arabia to meet with US counterparts to negotiate an end to the conflict; Britain recently hosted a European summit aimed at finding a path forward that Kyiv and Europe can agree on.—
Rob Picheta,
CNN,
10 Mar. 2025
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Trump’s rollouts and reversals of tariffs aimed at Canada and Mexico — where many global carmakers have manufacturing plants — has sparked volatile trade of regional auto stocks.—
Jenni Reid,Chloe Taylor,Sawdah Bhaimiya,
CNBC,
10 Mar. 2025
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“Train.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/train. Accessed 24 Mar. 2025.
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