as in to jail
to put in or as if in prison
some Polish citizens were interned in Russian camps during World War II
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as in resident
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as in reader
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Recent Examples of intern
Jonathan Limehouse, USA Today, 23 Oct. 2025
Elizondo signed up for a screenwriting club at school and became a production intern for Revelator Productions.
—Kamal Morgan, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 23 Oct. 2025
Yerneni admits to struggling with flight anxiety herself, describing how witnessing her intern’s calm was unexpectedly reassuring.
—Soo Kim, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 Oct. 2025
To help her process her grief, Jules led the second-year interns in a candle-lighting ceremony at the end of the episode.
—Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 16 Oct. 2025
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Noun
Fiddelke, 49, has worked at Target for more than two decades, having joined the company as an intern in 2003, according to Target's website.
—Jonathan Limehouse, USA Today, 23 Oct. 2025
Elizondo signed up for a screenwriting club at school and became a production intern for Revelator Productions.
—Kamal Morgan, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 23 Oct. 2025
Yerneni admits to struggling with flight anxiety herself, describing how witnessing her intern’s calm was unexpectedly reassuring.
—Soo Kim, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 Oct. 2025
To help her process her grief, Jules led the second-year interns in a candle-lighting ceremony at the end of the episode.
—Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 16 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for intern
Verb
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Sam Bankman-Fried, the founder of bankrupt cryptocurrency exchange FTX, arrives at court as lawyers push to persuade the judge overseeing his fraud case not to jail him ahead of trial, at a courthouse in New York, August 11, 2023.—
Dawn Giel,Dan Mangan,
CNBC,
4 Nov. 2025
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Davis later violated the terms of his sentence and was jailed for the remainder of it.—
Ryan Morik,
FOXNews.com,
4 Nov. 2025
Noun
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Until recently there were only around 100 spots in the entire county that accepted Medi-Cal, the state health insurance for low-income residents, resulting in long wait times for people actively trying to get help.—
Blake Nelson,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
5 Nov. 2025
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Agents with Arkansas Attorney General Tim Griffin's office last week arrested two Helena-West Helena residents, one of them an employee with the state Department of Corrections, accused of working together to defraud the state's Medicaid program, a Tuesday news release from Griffin's office states.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
5 Nov. 2025
Noun
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The job of the good faith reader is to think alongside each page.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
4 Nov. 2025
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Kathryn Palmer Hello, readers and happy Election Day-eve!—
Kathryn Palmer,
USA Today,
3 Nov. 2025
Verb
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Some years after defeating Ganon, Link and Zelda stumble across an underground tomb where the decrepit corpse of the villain’s human form, Ganondorf (played again by Critical Role’s Matt Mercer), is imprisoned.—
Christopher Cruz,
Rolling Stone,
4 Nov. 2025
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Starring Daniel Chen and based on Chen’s life, Bad Boy tells the story of Dean, who is imprisoned in a cruel juvenile detention facility.—
Max Goldbart,
Deadline,
3 Nov. 2025
Noun
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Charlie had originally been adopted by a traveling nurse, but Mae had lost touch soon after.—
Jack Beresford,
MSNBC Newsweek,
25 Oct. 2025
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Samaritan’s Purse began working in the region immediately after the fighting erupted, sending doctors, nurses and emergency aid.—
Jasmine Baehr,
FOXNews.com,
25 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Joe Rao serves as an instructor and guest lecturer at New York's Hayden Planetarium.—
Joe Rao,
Space.com,
18 Oct. 2025
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Erica Boothby is a social psychologist and senior lecturer at the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.—
Maya Rossignac-Milon
Erica Boothby,
CNBC,
17 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Zwerner has suffered from post-traumatic stress disorder, a psychiatrist testified, and her hand will never be normal, even after six surgeries, an orthopedic surgeon said.—
Chris Boyette,
CNN Money,
3 Nov. 2025
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And younger surgeons—who grew up exposed to advanced tech and 3D animation, Hairston says—were starting to take note as word spread of her innovations.—
Emma Burleigh,
Fortune,
2 Nov. 2025
Noun
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And there’s always a hint of the preacher in his speaking appearances.—
Belinda Luscombe,
Time,
3 Nov. 2025
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Others said preachers twisted scripture to silence them.—
Mike Hixenbaugh,
NBC news,
30 Oct. 2025
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“Intern.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/intern. Accessed 7 Nov. 2025.
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