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Recent Examples of basic training
This adaptation wouldn’t require the heavy computational power that’s needed for basic training, since the CNN would be adding only a few images at a time to its data set.
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Cary Champlin, IEEE Spectrum, 27 Apr. 2017
Harris' record shows no military education, which is the next step after basic training in which enlistees learn a specialty like being a mechanic.
—Sam Kmack, The Arizona Republic, 17 July 2024
After 13 weeks of basic training, the Reserves just required him to report to duty for one weekend each month over the next two years.
—Brendan Borrell, Outside Online, 17 Oct. 2017
The conversation, moderated by Fortune’s Kristin Stoller, acknowledged the dire state of untapped talent in the U.S., particularly in jobs that anyone—college grad or not—can do after some basic training.
—Jane Thier, Fortune, 16 Oct. 2024
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Cary Champlin, IEEE Spectrum, 27 Apr. 2017
Harris' record shows no military education, which is the next step after basic training in which enlistees learn a specialty like being a mechanic.
—Sam Kmack, The Arizona Republic, 17 July 2024
After 13 weeks of basic training, the Reserves just required him to report to duty for one weekend each month over the next two years.
—Brendan Borrell, Outside Online, 17 Oct. 2017
The conversation, moderated by Fortune’s Kristin Stoller, acknowledged the dire state of untapped talent in the U.S., particularly in jobs that anyone—college grad or not—can do after some basic training.
—Jane Thier, Fortune, 16 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for basic training
Noun
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There was a lot of reckoning, and dancing with ghosts through the rehearsal process and through medical boot camp.—
Ryan Schwartz,
TVLine,
9 Jan. 2025
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Bukky recommended taking courses, joining communities or boot camps, or even starting a side hustle to do this.—
Sawdah Bhaimiya,
CNBC,
31 Dec. 2024
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Horn upped his offseason training regimen to stay on the field after playing just 22 of 51 games in his first three seasons.—
Joseph Person,
The Athletic,
20 Jan. 2025
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Wang’s kidnappers shaved his head in captivity, and forced him into training to run scams on new victims.—
Chloe Berger,
Fortune Asia,
20 Jan. 2025
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Here’s how the next administration could kickstart this initiative: Build on President Trump's previous efforts to expand apprenticeship by taking steps to modernize the apprenticeship system.—
Maria Flynn,
Forbes,
16 Jan. 2025
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Stein’s quarter-hour address included topics of teacher raises and public school funding on the K-12 education front; expansion of career education and apprenticeship programs after secondary education years; and a plea for more lawmen and action to help stop fentanyl.—
Alan Wooten | The Center Square,
Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government,
12 Jan. 2025
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“Basic training.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/basic%20training. Accessed 26 Jan. 2025.
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