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
After the incident, at least three controllers, one supervisor and a trainee took 45 days of mental health leave.
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Casey Tolan, CNN Money, 7 May 2025
The movie is not just about the impossible situation that trainees encounter at the call center, but illustrates how a highly competitive society might devalue individual human lives.
—Joan MacDonald, Forbes.com, 21 Apr. 2025
In reality, some trainee doctors work over 100 hours per week.
—Kayti Burt, Time, 16 Apr. 2025
Graduate students and postdoctoral trainees are the lifeblood of biomedical research.
—Deborah Fuller, The Conversation, 28 Mar. 2025
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Casey Tolan, CNN Money, 7 May 2025
The movie is not just about the impossible situation that trainees encounter at the call center, but illustrates how a highly competitive society might devalue individual human lives.
—Joan MacDonald, Forbes.com, 21 Apr. 2025
In reality, some trainee doctors work over 100 hours per week.
—Kayti Burt, Time, 16 Apr. 2025
Graduate students and postdoctoral trainees are the lifeblood of biomedical research.
—Deborah Fuller, The Conversation, 28 Mar. 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 3 Jun. 2025.
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