APPRENTICED Synonyms: 37 Similar and Opposite Words

apprenticed

verb

past tense of apprentice

as in employed

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In January 2025, the federal government employed more than 3 million people.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 13 Oct. 2026
Asked about the most difficult decision of her career, Lewin pointed to the closure of ILM’s Singapore studio, which ILM announced in August 2023 and which employed more than 300 people.

— Callum McLennan, Variety, 13 Oct. 2026

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The canvas also included the logos of the Springfield Wildcats, Bel’s high-school soccer team, and the Wittenberg Tigers, the team of Wittenberg University, a private college that had recruited Bel to play.

— Edwidge Danticat, New Yorker, 15 Oct. 2026
This reboot, directed by Kitao Sakurai and starring Noah Centineo and Andrew Koji, takes place in 1993 as two estranged fighters are recruited to enter a tournament that forces them to face off against each other.

— Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 14 Oct. 2026

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Alejandro Diaz, whom Xuan hired as an eviction manager for his real estate firm, accused Xuan of trying to break down a tenant’s door in Apple Valley and using a Taser to shock another renter’s dog, according to the civil suit.

— James Queally, Los Angeles Times, 13 Oct. 2026
By July, the side project turned into a full-time job when MLB hired Weingardt as a principal product manager to explore changes to its flagship app.

— Jacob Feldman, Sportico.com, 13 Oct. 2026

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The 24-hour strike involves employees contracted to work at Charlotte Douglas International Airport through ABM, a facility management company that provides services such as wheelchair assistance and cabin cleaning.

— Charlotte Observer, Charlotte Observer, 14 Oct. 2026
The work attracted the attention of Q Studios’ Nick Newhard, who contracted Gray to work on level design for the late ’90s cult classic Blood.

— Kyle Orland, ArsTechnica, 14 Oct. 2026

Definition of contracted

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Some of its superconducting magnets will be retained for the new Electron-Ion Collider rather than discarded.

— Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 13 Oct. 2026
Consider healthcare, where certain records may need to be retained for years to meet regulatory requirements, even as the access model around them becomes outdated.

— Nick Burling, Forbes.com, 13 Oct. 2026

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