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
Terms of the agreement, which have not yet been released, will be sent to the union's 450 members who work as locomotive engineers or are trainees for their consideration, according to the union.
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Clara McMichael, ABC News, 18 May 2025
The Bill Mott trainee is one of eight horses that will run in Saturday night’s Grade 1 $2 million Belmont Stakes at Saratoga Race Course in Saratoga Springs, N.Y.
—Wire Reports, The Orlando Sentinel, 5 June 2025
Kay's debut memoir, This Is Going to Hurt, focused on his time as a trainee doctor.
—Rachel Flynn, People.com, 12 May 2025
Controllers ‘can’t take anymore’ Five FAA employees – a supervisor, three controllers and one trainee – ended up taking 45 days of trauma leave after the outage, according to the air traffic controller.
—Pete Muntean, CNN Money, 10 May 2025
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Clara McMichael, ABC News, 18 May 2025
The Bill Mott trainee is one of eight horses that will run in Saturday night’s Grade 1 $2 million Belmont Stakes at Saratoga Race Course in Saratoga Springs, N.Y.
—Wire Reports, The Orlando Sentinel, 5 June 2025
Kay's debut memoir, This Is Going to Hurt, focused on his time as a trainee doctor.
—Rachel Flynn, People.com, 12 May 2025
Controllers ‘can’t take anymore’ Five FAA employees – a supervisor, three controllers and one trainee – ended up taking 45 days of trauma leave after the outage, according to the air traffic controller.
—Pete Muntean, CNN Money, 10 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for trainee
Noun
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The methodology incorporated ratings from current students, alumni, and parents, as well as quantitative data collected from the U.S. Department of Education.—
Anna Skinner,
MSNBC Newsweek,
14 June 2025
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Avery got her start in journalism while attending university, writing for the school newspaper and editing the student non-fiction magazine.—
Avery Hurt,
Discover Magazine,
14 June 2025
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Holst followed his 1-2-3 top of the first inning by driving in senior shortstop Cole Lockwood, a Valparaiso recruit who tripled leading off the bottom half.—
Steve Reaven,
Chicago Tribune,
15 June 2025
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Another, Gatlin, was a five-star football recruit who signed with Oregon but is currently serving a church mission.—
Michael Lycklama,
Idaho Statesman,
13 June 2025
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“Trainee.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/trainee. Accessed 30 Jun. 2025.
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