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as in teaching
the act or process of imparting knowledge or skills to another
entered a convent for religious training
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as in apprenticeship
a period of undergoing practical instruction in one's job or career
on-the-job training teacher training
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as in conditioning
to bring to a proper or desired state of fitness
has been training track-and-field athletes at the school for years
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as in educating
to cause to acquire knowledge or skill in some field
will train the students in good study habits
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as in focusing
to fix (as one's attention) steadily toward a central objective
train all your thoughts on imagining how you'd score the winning goal in the game
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as in aiming
to point or turn (something) toward a target or goal
trained his eyes on the distant bull's-eye
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as in preparing
to make competent (as by training, skill, or ability) for a particular office or function
he's so experienced that they usually use him to train new recruits
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Recent Examples of training
Noah White, Miami Herald, 5 Mar. 2026
An architect by training, Censori, 31, has been an enigmatic and largely silent fixture in West’s orbit for years, making her statements mostly through provocative performance art that often incorporates public nudity.
—Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 5 Mar. 2026
Chi Chen, IEEE Spectrum, 2 Mar. 2026
Brian McCollum The Sex Pistols are training their sights back on Detroit, a year after the band was initially scheduled to perform.
—Brian McCollum, Freep.com, 2 Mar. 2026
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Noun
Having spent the winter training with their new coach, the Gators seem more focused on the process than the result.
—Noah White, Miami Herald, 5 Mar. 2026
An architect by training, Censori, 31, has been an enigmatic and largely silent fixture in West’s orbit for years, making her statements mostly through provocative performance art that often incorporates public nudity.
—Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 5 Mar. 2026
Verb
This is the promise of using quantum computing for training AI models.
—Chi Chen, IEEE Spectrum, 2 Mar. 2026
Brian McCollum The Sex Pistols are training their sights back on Detroit, a year after the band was initially scheduled to perform.
—Brian McCollum, Freep.com, 2 Mar. 2026
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The condition isn't fully understood, as causes can range from mild to moderate head trauma, to pre-existing inner ear diseases, and treatment is confined largely to a physical therapy exercise called the Epley maneuver.—
Ryan Coleman,
Entertainment Weekly,
4 Mar. 2026
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Each person fills out an in-depth questionnaire—part oral history, part memory exercise.—
Lilah Ramzi,
Vogue,
3 Mar. 2026
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Take teaching, where an AI chatbot could grade homework but wouldn't be able to manage a classroom of children, the researchers noted.—
Megan Cerullo,
CBS News,
6 Mar. 2026
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The cuts would also include about 116 positions from central offices, including some teaching jobs.—
Rory Linnane,
jsonline.com,
6 Mar. 2026
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McKinsey was, at the time, the default apprenticeship for Rhodes Scholars who wished to learn the ways of the private sector.—
Graeme Wood,
The Atlantic,
3 Mar. 2026
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This latest initiative will scale City Colleges’ training capacity, increase access to clinical rotations with apprenticeships, and coordinate hiring with health care employers to ensure graduates’ first jobs.—
Darcel Rockett,
Chicago Tribune,
2 Mar. 2026
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Make everyone instantly comfortable by pre-conditioning the car’s cabin in the cold or hot months.—
Scotty Reiss,
Parents,
3 Mar. 2026
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This would mean giving up Khamenei’s quixotic quest to destroy Israel and instead conditioning recognition on a diplomatic solution to the conflict with the Palestinians.—
Arash Azizi,
The Atlantic,
1 Mar. 2026
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The coroner’s role in public health An important role of the coroner’s office is monitoring and educating the public on health risks causing death, Harding said.—
Shannon Tyler
March 6,
Idaho Statesman,
6 Mar. 2026
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This suggests that educating audiences, artists, curators and policy makers about how technology works could shape the future of the technology in the art world.—
Ionela Bara,
Scientific American,
6 Mar. 2026
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Student in highly competitive high school learns that focusing on arts plus taking only one AP class equals an object of ridicule.—
Carolyn Hax,
Washington Post,
7 Mar. 2026
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Lego Galaxy hopes to draw visitors — and perhaps new audiences — by focusing on slicker, more modern technology and injecting in the park the sort of excitable ride more commonly found at Legoland’s Southern California competitors.—
Todd Martens,
Los Angeles Times,
6 Mar. 2026
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The Kentucky Lottery offers multiple draw games for those aiming to win big.—
Ray Padilla,
Louisville Courier Journal,
8 Mar. 2026
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The Hoosier Lottery offers several draw games for those aiming to win big.—
Chris Sims,
IndyStar,
8 Mar. 2026
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After a flight failure in March 2025, the German firm, Isar Aerospace, is preparing for its second Spectrum launch, currently scheduled for no earlier than March 19, 2026, from Andøya, Norway.—
Mrigakshi Dixit,
Interesting Engineering,
9 Mar. 2026
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The program is preparing students to work at such cyber-centric institutions as Naval Information Warfare Systems Command and Booz Allen Hamilton.—
Gary Robbins,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
9 Mar. 2026
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