technician
noun
tech·ni·cian
tek-ˈni-shən 
Examples of technician in a Sentence
They hired a technician to help maintain the office's computers.
She is the lighting technician for the play.
As a painter, he was more than just a technician; he was a creative genius.
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An incident report submitted to the state by Energy Transfer attributed the pipeline failure to a technician’s errors.
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Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 7 Sep. 2025
The former Pleasanton police chief spoke during a board meeting Friday for the entity, adding that technicians planned to conduct tests in Martinez on a backup radio channel to try to root out the issue.
—Jakob Rodgers, Mercury News, 5 Sep. 2025
An incident report submitted to the state by Energy Transfer attributed the pipeline failure to a technician’s errors.
—ProPublica, 4 Sep. 2025
Stallworth, an avian monitoring technician, and Patrick Carr, the field crew leader, parked their pickup not far from the field’s makeshift banks and reached for heavier equipment.
—Jake Goodrick, Sacbee.com, 4 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for technician
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“Technician.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/technician. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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technician
noun
tech·ni·cian
tek-ˈnish-ən
1
: a specialist in the technical details of a subject or occupation
a medical technician
2
: a person skilled in the techniques especially of an art
Medical Definition
technician
noun
tech·ni·cian
tek-ˈnish-ən
: a specialist in the technical details of a subject or occupation
a medical technician
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