apprenticed

verb

past tense of apprentice
as in employed

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  1. employed
  2. recruited
  3. hired
  4. contracted
  5. retained
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  • The security guards, who were employed by Akima Global Services, were distinguishable by the color of their shirts.
    — Jonathan Blitzer, New Yorker, 13 July 2026
  • Igoe did not respond to an email asking if the deputies were still employed or had been disciplined due to the incident.
    — Theresa Clift, Sacbee.com, 13 July 2026
Definition of employed
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  • Later in 2002, Vallas recruited Johnson to join him in Philadelphia, where Vallas was hired as CEO of that city’s school district.
    — Bob Goldsborough, Chicago Tribune, 10 July 2026
  • Alongside a brand partnership with Beyoncé, who penned a paean to Levi’s on her most recent album, the company has also recruited a Bollywood star and top European and British influencers — most of them female — to sport its looks.
    — Rob Wile, NBC news, 9 July 2026
Definition of recruited
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  • Also Monday, Michigan hired Brown coach Mike Martin as an assistant to run the Wolverines offense.
    — Tobias Bass, New York Times, 14 July 2026
  • When Gaspard was hired as political director on Obama’s presidential campaign, Michelle Obama was in need of some staff of her own.
    — Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 14 July 2026
Definition of hired
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  • Once contracted, the parasite basically results in a bathroom nightmare.
    — Zoe Sottile, CNN Money, 15 July 2026
  • The median size of a new home sold has contracted to around 2,400 square feet, down from roughly 2,500 in 2022 and 2,700 in the mid-2010s.
    — Catherina Gioino, Fortune, 15 July 2026
Definition of contracted
Verb
  • This means that even atomic versions of oxygen and nitrogen would be retained.
    — John Timmer, ArsTechnica, 16 July 2026
  • His family has retained a lawyer and sued the Brentwood Police Department, accusing it of killing her and injuring her head during the arrest.
    — Hema Sivanandam, Mercury News, 15 July 2026
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