APPRENTICED Synonyms: 37 Similar and Opposite Words

apprenticed

verb

past tense of apprentice

as in employed

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More people are employed in the state than ever before, and more families are choosing to call Arkansas home.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 28 Sep. 2026
The forecasters are employed by the Colorado Avalanche Information Center, which is part of the state’s Department of Natural Resources.

— Peter Hessler, New Yorker, 28 Sep. 2026

Definition of employed

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According to the plea agreement, Saavedra recruited around 20 to 25 Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputies, as well as at least one former sheriff’s deputy and a sibling of a sheriff’s deputy, to work the shifts.

— Brittny Mejia, Los Angeles Times, 28 Sep. 2026
Most of the workers involved were from India, where they were recruited.

— ABC News, ABC News, 28 Sep. 2026

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Graeme Sloan | Bloomberg | Getty Images Prediction market exchange Polymarket has hired a near three-decade Goldman Sachs veteran to help lead its push to attract Wall Street liquidity.

— Davis Giangiulio, CNBC, 29 Sep. 2026
Shula was ultimately forced out in January 1996 and Johnson was hired one week later.

— Armando Salguero OutKick, FOXNews.com, 29 Sep. 2026

Definition of hired

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Stores everywhere suffer from shortages, and the economy has contracted.

— Dmytro Kuleba, Foreign Affairs, 30 Sep. 2026
North of 20,000 workers contracted by the county — and thousands more contracted by local governments across Florida — might soon see their salaries slashed.

— Max Klaver, Miami Herald, 30 Sep. 2026

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