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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Recent Examples of trainee
Continue this chain with each new hire training the next, with the previous trainee evaluating.
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Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 17 Apr. 2025
One of his trainees is 35-year old Khrystyna Pashchenko, who arrived here a couple of weeks ago.
—Eleanor Beardsley, NPR, 12 Apr. 2025
By Kate Okorie Contributor The trainees’ day starts before sunrise.
—Kate Okorie, Christian Science Monitor, 8 Apr. 2025
On Tuesday around 5:30 p.m., 38 young trainees of the Kachin Independence Army, an armed group battling the military in northern Myanmar, were killed in an airstrike in Kachin State, according to Colonel Naw Bu, the spokesman of the group.
—Sui-Lee Wee, New York Times, 2 Apr. 2025
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Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 17 Apr. 2025
One of his trainees is 35-year old Khrystyna Pashchenko, who arrived here a couple of weeks ago.
—Eleanor Beardsley, NPR, 12 Apr. 2025
By Kate Okorie Contributor The trainees’ day starts before sunrise.
—Kate Okorie, Christian Science Monitor, 8 Apr. 2025
On Tuesday around 5:30 p.m., 38 young trainees of the Kachin Independence Army, an armed group battling the military in northern Myanmar, were killed in an airstrike in Kachin State, according to Colonel Naw Bu, the spokesman of the group.
—Sui-Lee Wee, New York Times, 2 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for trainee
Noun
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As the University of Maryland's graduating class prepares to leap into the next stage of life, Kermit the Frog left the students with a message of connection and love.—
Kiersten Hacker,
Baltimore Sun,
23 May 2025
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In October 2019, the mother of four — who shares North West, 11, Saint West, 9, Chicago West, 7, and Psalm West, 6, with ex-husband Kanye West — dressed as the fictional Harvard law school student for Halloween.—
Angel Saunders,
People.com,
23 May 2025
Noun
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That may still be true, but Forefront was most certainly at the forefront of FBI's finale, nearly pulling off a coup that would've put it (and the group's recruits inside the Bureau) at the head of the agency.—
Randall Colburn,
EW.com,
21 May 2025
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Organizations are forced to compete for top-tier recruits, and a lengthy search for the right person means key positions end up sitting vacant.—
Aytekin Tank,
Forbes.com,
20 May 2025
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“Trainee.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/trainee. Accessed 30 May. 2025.
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