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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as in students
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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Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 Dec. 2024
According to The Moscow Times, only people who have signed up to work in the National Guard for at least a year will be eligible for the bonus, while cadets and other trainees are not allowed to claim the incentive.
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 26 Nov. 2024
Ahmed Ghazi, the director of minimally invasive and robotic surgery at Johns Hopkins in Baltimore, has used Vuzix headsets for remote teaching, allowing trainees to see from a proctor’s viewpoint.
—Andrew R. Chow, TIME, 15 Oct. 2024
Watch on Deadline Two other agent trainees, Nathaniel van der Post and Evan Krask, have been promoted in the digital department.
—Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 19 Dec. 2024
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Halving the number of operators on duty and asking trainees to complete complex tasks left the Bhopal plant severely susceptible to a disaster like the one that happened in early December 1984.
—Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 Dec. 2024
According to The Moscow Times, only people who have signed up to work in the National Guard for at least a year will be eligible for the bonus, while cadets and other trainees are not allowed to claim the incentive.
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 26 Nov. 2024
Ahmed Ghazi, the director of minimally invasive and robotic surgery at Johns Hopkins in Baltimore, has used Vuzix headsets for remote teaching, allowing trainees to see from a proctor’s viewpoint.
—Andrew R. Chow, TIME, 15 Oct. 2024
Watch on Deadline Two other agent trainees, Nathaniel van der Post and Evan Krask, have been promoted in the digital department.
—Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 19 Dec. 2024
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“Trainee.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/trainee. Accessed 11 Jan. 2025.
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