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as in assistant
a person who helps a more skilled person
decided to be an apprentice to an electrician after he graduated
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as in novice
a person who is just starting out in a field of activity
aware that she's only an apprentice in the medical field, she readily defers to her more experienced colleagues
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as in to job
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Recent Examples of apprentice
Abby Hamblin, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Mar. 2026
Danielle Martinelli, who danced for the company as an apprentice and later did choreography for it, remembered advice Cunningham would give.
—Graham Womack, Sacbee.com, 7 Mar. 2026
Anika Burgess
july 17, Literary Hub, 17 July 2025
But gaining admission became a rigorous, multi-year process that involved apprenticing at an atelier, where her male colleagues regularly targeted her for frat-boy-style pranks.
—Martha Ross, Mercury News, 11 July 2025
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Noun
His background as a baker includes working as an apprentice and practicing in Corsica, Australia and San Diego before opening up his own place.
—Abby Hamblin, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Mar. 2026
Danielle Martinelli, who danced for the company as an apprentice and later did choreography for it, remembered advice Cunningham would give.
—Graham Womack, Sacbee.com, 7 Mar. 2026
Verb
Daguerre was a talented artist who had moved to Paris as a teenager to apprentice as a scene painter at the Paris Opera.
—Anika Burgess
july 17, Literary Hub, 17 July 2025
But gaining admission became a rigorous, multi-year process that involved apprenticing at an atelier, where her male colleagues regularly targeted her for frat-boy-style pranks.
—Martha Ross, Mercury News, 11 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for apprentice
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People queue to have their laptops install with OpenClaw, an open-source AI assistant at the Baidu headquarter in Beijing on March 11, 2026.—
Evelyn Cheng,Dylan Butts,
CNBC,
12 Mar. 2026
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When Stewart was looking for a new coach, former players encouraged him to make the obvious decision and hire Collins, who had been a top assistant on staff.—
Grace Raynor,
New York Times,
12 Mar. 2026
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The cake, which is similar to the classic pound, is easy for a novice baker to whip up.—
Nellah Bailey McGough,
Southern Living,
13 Mar. 2026
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Even a relatively novice collector probably has an inkling that the Rolex Daytona, the Cartier Crash, or the Porsche 911 are highly valued, but what’s next?—
Paige Reddinger,
Robb Report,
13 Mar. 2026
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Many analysts and economists are thinking along similar lines, with Deutsche Bank Research Institute recently prompting a proprietary AI tool to forecast what jobs its AI brethren would eliminate, and how.—
Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
23 Feb. 2026
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The old De Lane Lea production facility studio was up the road; the coffee shops were full of jobbing actors and post-production staff.—
Baz Bamigboye,
Deadline,
20 Feb. 2026
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But Republicans could bring them forward sooner depending on how the process unfolds, according to one GOP aide.—
David Sivak,
The Washington Examiner,
17 Mar. 2026
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Mojtaba Khamenei, 56, was selected to become Iran's supreme leader last weekend by the country's council of religious clerics after serving as a close aide to his father for years.—
Jennifer Jacobs,
CBS News,
15 Mar. 2026
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Galloway developed the approach in 1974 while teaching a beginner running class at his Phidippides store, according to his website.—
Avery Newmark,
AJC.com,
16 Mar. 2026
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Then be sure to check out our collection of the best cameras and lenses for astrophotography, along with our beginners guide to capturing the glowing band of the Milky Way with a DSLR camera.—
Anthony Wood,
Space.com,
15 Mar. 2026
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The University of New Haven also became the first in the nation to partner with Saudi Arabia to create a branch campus in Riyadh, the goal being to create a global workforce while continuing to strengthen relationships between the two countries.—
Helen I. Bennett,
Hartford Courant,
13 Mar. 2026
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The city could also partner with organizations such as the Downtown Davis Business Association and the Davis Chamber of Commerce to strengthen the downtown business district.—
Daniel Lempres,
Sacbee.com,
7 Mar. 2026
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At the time, there were an estimated 450 greater adjutant storks left in the region.—
Kyla Mandel,
TIME,
20 Feb. 2025
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Since 2019, when Woodward took over as the Gooding adjutant, that totals more than $23,000, according to an accounting obtained by the Statesman from the county clerk through a public records request.—
Kevin Fixler,
Idaho Statesman,
13 July 2024
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New York's Matthew Schaefer picked up an assist to move within one point of becoming the fourth rookie defenseman in franchise history to reach 50 in a season.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
18 Mar. 2026
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The other available center options on the Heat’s roster besides Ware and Johnson were fourth-year forward Nikola Jovic and undrafted two-way contract rookie center Vlad Goldin.—
Anthony Chiang,
Miami Herald,
18 Mar. 2026
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“Apprentice.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/apprentice. Accessed 19 Mar. 2026.
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