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as in assistant
a person who helps a more skilled person
decided to be an apprentice to an electrician after he graduated
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as in novice
a person who is just starting out in a field of activity
aware that she's only an apprentice in the medical field, she readily defers to her more experienced colleagues
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as in to job
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Recent Examples of apprentice
Demetrius Simms, Robb Report, 16 Dec. 2024
But she’s found that becoming a union apprentice is no guarantee of work.
—Riley Robinson, The Christian Science Monitor, 15 Nov. 2024
Jim Clash, Forbes, 19 Oct. 2024
One of Japan’s few top actors to cross over to Hollywood in a major way, Sanada began performing in Tokyo nearly 60 years ago as a child actor, apprenticing under local screen legend Sonny Chiba.
—Patrick Brzeski, The Hollywood Reporter, 15 Sep. 2024
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Noun
Architect Mark Mills, an apprentice of Frank Lloyd Wright in the 1940s, built his first home in Carmel, California, in the early 1950s.
—Demetrius Simms, Robb Report, 16 Dec. 2024
But she’s found that becoming a union apprentice is no guarantee of work.
—Riley Robinson, The Christian Science Monitor, 15 Nov. 2024
Verb
Cotton apprenticed with McNamara, who put the small town of Nazare, Portugal, on the map by surfing what was estimated to be a 78-foot wave there in 2011, at the time a world record.
—Jim Clash, Forbes, 19 Oct. 2024
One of Japan’s few top actors to cross over to Hollywood in a major way, Sanada began performing in Tokyo nearly 60 years ago as a child actor, apprenticing under local screen legend Sonny Chiba.
—Patrick Brzeski, The Hollywood Reporter, 15 Sep. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for apprentice
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Egan was a top assistant at Lower Merion under head coach Gregg Downer during Bryant’s junior and senior years, and first met the hoops prodigy on the courts of the local Jewish community center.—
Sam Farmer,
Los Angeles Times,
24 Jan. 2025
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Best of The Bee: A former executive assistant at UC Davis accused of embezzlement while working for the campus fire department made her first appearance Tuesday in Yolo Superior Court , via Rosalio Ahumada.—
Jenavieve Hatch,
Sacramento Bee,
24 Jan. 2025
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Now, Trump has four years of White House experience while Vance is a novice.—
Roy Brownell,
Baltimore Sun,
18 Jan. 2025
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Apart from Musk’s most loyal sycophants, the build was almost universally ridiculed as the work of a complete novice.—
Miles Klee,
Rolling Stone,
13 Jan. 2025
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The market works reasonably well in connecting high-skilled workers to job opportunities around the globe.—
Amy Pope,
Foreign Affairs,
7 Jan. 2025
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This is likely because most ATS relies on artificial intelligence to track keywords in resumes and compares it to job descriptions to help narrow the applicant pool to only the most qualified candidates.—
Jasmine Browley,
Essence,
28 Oct. 2024
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At the Resolute desk, an aide handed Trump orders for signing from a tall stack of navy-blue binders.—
Benjamin Wallace-Wells,
The New Yorker,
26 Jan. 2025
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Almost all of Biden’s senior aides were also senior aides to President Barack Obama, and many of the most senior stayed the full four years rather than making room for younger talents.—
Andrew Exum,
The Atlantic,
26 Jan. 2025
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This ultramodern property just 15 minutes away from Woodstock is one of our favorite treehouse Airbnbs, offering a luxe off-the-grid experience for seasoned (or beginner) glampers.—
Rachel Fletcher,
Architectural Digest,
23 Jan. 2025
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All are welcome from beginners to those with a practice for years.—
Joe Rassel,
Orlando Sentinel,
22 Jan. 2025
Verb
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Adoptive parents can be single, married, or partnered; experienced or not; renters or homeowners; LGBTQ+ singles and couples.—
MARE Staff,
Boston Herald,
19 Jan. 2025
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Cal Fire has also partnered with the corrections department, the California Conservation Corps and the Anti-Recidivism Coalition to develop an 18-month training and certification program at the Ventura Training Center.—
Summer Lin,
Los Angeles Times,
18 Jan. 2025
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In the months since fellow senior Legion executives suspended Abrahamson without pay from his statewide adjutant job in April, a number of the roughly 8,000 members in Idaho have called for a change in leadership.—
Kevin Fixler,
Idaho Statesman,
13 July 2024
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Since 2019, when Woodward took over as the Gooding adjutant, that totals more than $23,000, according to an accounting obtained by the Statesman from the county clerk through a public records request.—
Kevin Fixler,
Idaho Statesman,
13 July 2024
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Washington quarterback Jayden Daniels is one of the best rookie QBs to ever grace the league, while Detroit has muscled through some of the worst injury luck en route to the No. 1 seed.—
Chris Branch,
The Athletic,
17 Jan. 2025
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That was Daniels’ fifth game-winning drive of his rookie season, including his Hail Mary heroism to beat the Bears on the final play in Week 8.—
Dan Wiederer,
Chicago Tribune,
17 Jan. 2025
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“Apprentice.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/apprentice. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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