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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
Eva Andersen,
CBS News,
16 June 2026
Regular midwives were primarily women, trained as apprentices but not institutionally educated.
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Literary Hub,
16 June 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.
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Martha Ross,
Mercury News,
11 July 2025
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Noun
The musical traces Franklin's journey from a teenage apprentice in Boston to one of the most famous men in the world.
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Eva Andersen,
CBS News,
16 June 2026
Regular midwives were primarily women, trained as apprentices but not institutionally educated.
—
Literary Hub,
16 June 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.
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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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Her two assistants, Brooke Mayo and Kathryn Nesbitt, are also American women.
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Parker, a former Eagles assistant, has risen quickly through the NFL coaching ranks and now faces a tough task with a roster full of new faces and high expectations.
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This makes these spots good for young anglers and novices as well as those with mobility challenges.
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Democrats in Maine, meanwhile, have nominated Graham Platner, a political novice whose grassroots campaign and brash communication style propelled him to a decisive victory over the state’s Democratic governor, Janet Mills, who remained on the ballot but suspended her campaign in April.
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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.
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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.
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The former aide worked for the brothers from 2005 to 2013, before their estrangement.
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Aaron Sorkin came calling soon after, casting Hill as presidential aide Charlie Young on The West Wing, a role that earned him a Primetime Emmy nomination.
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Ticket to Ride is a beginner-friendly route-building game across a map of cities.
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From beginner builds to advanced display-worthy creations, there are deals across every price point.
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In defense, at center-back, Pau Cubarsi and Aymeric Laporte are expected to partner and Dani Carvajal’s absence removes Spain’s first-choice right-back, making Marcos Llorente the likeliest replacement.
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The foundation plans to partner with law enforcement agencies and laboratories specializing in advanced DNA testing.
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But that hasn’t stopped out-of-state reenactors from worrying their muskets will be confiscated at the George Washington Bridge, says Justin Costantino, adjutant of the Long Island Companies of the 3rd New York Regiment.
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At the time, there were an estimated 450 greater adjutant storks left in the region.
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On Tuesday, the first round will take place as 30 rookies join the NBA.
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While first-round picks are slotted into salaries through the NBA’s rookie scale, there isn’t as much structure with second-round selections.
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“Apprentice.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/apprentice. Accessed 26 Jun. 2026.
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