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
Inside the Federal Aviation Administration's Oklahoma City training site, there is cutting-edge simulation technology that gives trainees a real feel for working in the tower.
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Sarah Alegre, FOXNews.com, 14 July 2025
The trainees had already been reminded that they wouldn’t be allowed to pause the video or remove the audio during their presentation.
—Literary Hub, 6 Aug. 2025
When the two meet at the theater, Eve is still a trainee trying to break into the contract killer business.
—Shannon Carlin, Time, 6 June 2025
Doggett now says that Austin has an unusually large number of air traffic control trainees at the moment.
—Beck Andrew Salgado, Austin American Statesman, 30 July 2025
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Sarah Alegre, FOXNews.com, 14 July 2025
The trainees had already been reminded that they wouldn’t be allowed to pause the video or remove the audio during their presentation.
—Literary Hub, 6 Aug. 2025
When the two meet at the theater, Eve is still a trainee trying to break into the contract killer business.
—Shannon Carlin, Time, 6 June 2025
Doggett now says that Austin has an unusually large number of air traffic control trainees at the moment.
—Beck Andrew Salgado, Austin American Statesman, 30 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for trainee
Noun
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The institute includes a medical school, which took in its first students on July 14.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
15 Aug. 2025
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Both of Olea’s now-adult former students went back to the police days after the Herald investigation was published.—
Ana Claudia Chacin,
Miami Herald,
14 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) no longer requires new recruits to take a five-week Spanish-language training program, according to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS).—
Billal Rahman,
MSNBC Newsweek,
15 Aug. 2025
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The North is facing its own population woes and birth rate decline – and its technology lags far behind the South, which is now hoping to plug the shortfall in military recruits through innovation.—
Jessie Yeung,
CNN Money,
15 Aug. 2025
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“Trainee.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/trainee. Accessed 28 Aug. 2025.
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