APPRENTICED Synonyms: 37 Similar and Opposite Words

apprenticed

verb

past tense of apprentice

as in employed

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That has been the model employed by Strategy and numerous copycat DATs, which have counted on steadily rising asset prices to issue new shares that pay for their operating costs.

— Camila Grigera Naón, Fortune, 5 Oct. 2026
Stefani has contested that characterization, saying Mo was lawfully employed by the California Legislature.

— Andrew Graham, Sacbee.com, 5 Oct. 2026

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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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The film, billed as a biographical dramedy, tells the story of a chaotic boardroom crisis at OpenAI in November 2023, when co-founder Altman was fired and then re-hired at the AI giant.

— Abid Rahman, HollywoodReporter, 6 Oct. 2026
Claire, who always longed to be involved in baseball, expressed interest in the job and was hired as a public relations assistant, remaining in the position until 1975, when he was promoted to vice president of public relations.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 6 Oct. 2026

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Earlier this week Russian officials reported that an employee at a laboratory at an infectious disease research institute in Irkutsk Oblast in Siberia, had contracted pneumonia and died.

— Claire Maldarelli, Scientific American, 7 Oct. 2026
Customs and Border Protection has previously contracted with Oritain for origin-testing services and with Exiger, a supply chain AI and risk management company whose technology detects illicit transshipment.

— Jasmin Malik Chua, Footwear News, 7 Oct. 2026

Definition of contracted

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Investment banks JPMorgan Chase and Raine Group were retained to assist with the process.

— Justin Birnbaum, Sportico.com, 6 Oct. 2026
Ultimately, though, Cramer retained the Club's shares because of his trust in the veteran leadership team of CEO Satya Nadella and CFO Amy Hood.

— Alexa LoMonaco, CNBC, 6 Oct. 2026

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