apprenticed

past tense of apprentice

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Verb
  • Pew found that just 6% of moms work full-time while their male partner isn’t employed, or works part-time.
    Jacqueline Munis, Fortune, 17 June 2026
  • Last spring, as Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency employed slash-and-burn tactics to bring federal agencies to heel, local farm service centers in Kansas were hit especially hard.
    Matthew Kelly, Kansas City Star, 17 June 2026
Verb
  • Two men were convicted Monday, and the BBC’s investigation found evidence that a young Russian diplomat had recruited the pair.
    Tom Chivers, semafor.com, 15 June 2026
  • The psychologist’s adult nephew has been recruited by an environmentalist who believes that the psychologist’s case files hold the key to saving the forest.
    The New Yorker, New Yorker, 15 June 2026
Verb
  • But a director hired to helm a pilot, as James Burrows, who died Friday at 85, was again and again — almost as a lucky charm — helps set the tone for the series.
    Television Critic, Los Angeles Times, 20 June 2026
  • Firms hired large classes of associates, assigned them substantial quantities of legal work, billed clients for that work, and promoted a relatively small percentage into partnership.
    Joseph Andrew, Forbes.com, 19 June 2026
Verb
  • The American doctor who contracted Ebola in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has returned to the United States.
    Mary Kekatos, ABC News, 16 June 2026
  • Standing nearly 27 feet tall and about 13 feet wide, Dragon capsules can carry up to seven astronauts into orbit, though most of SpaceX's Crew missions, which are contracted with NASA, feature a contingent of four.
    Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 16 June 2026
Verb
  • Phillips retained his role as the first-team slot corner for most of the spring.
    Dan Duggan, New York Times, 16 June 2026
  • At the same time, the Ellisons have retained Jeffrey Kessler to get in the legal octagon for them if the state throws down.
    Dominic Patten, Deadline, 15 June 2026
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“Apprenticed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/apprenticed. Accessed 20 Jun. 2026.

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