as in student
a person who is being trained for a job
on-the-job trainees Not all of the management trainees will be hired.
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Santos bullies her fellow trainees at Pittsburgh Trauma Medical Center with condescending nicknames and treats patients like game pieces.
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Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 12 Mar. 2025
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said the administration would boost pay for trainees and streamline hiring to get more people started in the lengthy training process and into air traffic control towers that have faced staffing shortages for years.
—Austin Denean, Baltimore Sun, 28 Feb. 2025
Each location has unique factors including weather patterns, traffic volume and geographic features that trainees must master before becoming certified.
—Justin Gest, Newsweek, 11 Feb. 2025
Canadian Rosenberg started his career in the mailroom at UTA before departing the agency’s trainee program to become a literary manager at Caliber Media.
—Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 14 Mar. 2025
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Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 12 Mar. 2025
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said the administration would boost pay for trainees and streamline hiring to get more people started in the lengthy training process and into air traffic control towers that have faced staffing shortages for years.
—Austin Denean, Baltimore Sun, 28 Feb. 2025
Each location has unique factors including weather patterns, traffic volume and geographic features that trainees must master before becoming certified.
—Justin Gest, Newsweek, 11 Feb. 2025
Canadian Rosenberg started his career in the mailroom at UTA before departing the agency’s trainee program to become a literary manager at Caliber Media.
—Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 14 Mar. 2025
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“Trainee.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/trainee. Accessed 15 Apr. 2025.
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