APPRENTICED Synonyms: 37 Similar and Opposite Words

apprenticed

verb

past tense of apprentice

as in employed

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Some 200,000 people employed by Michoacán’s avocado industry were left in limbo.

— ABC News, ABC News, 16 Aug. 2026
As a result of those conversations and further review, the employee responsible for the act is no longer employed by the City of Golden Fire Department.

— Christa Swanson, CBS News, 16 Aug. 2026

Definition of employed

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At a science standards adoption in Texas in 2021, an oil and gas industry group recruited volunteers to participate in the process.

— Jessica Meszaros, Miami Herald, 21 Aug. 2026
Tottenham have recruited six players, all of whom played in the Premier League last season.

— Adam Crafton, New York Times, 21 Aug. 2026

Definition of recruited

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According to the health department, the patient contracted the virus after spending time outdoors in the city and several locations outside the city.

— Katie Houlis, CBS News, 20 Aug. 2026
The forecast becomes a construction schedule, and Anthropic's construction schedule is contracted, dated, and public.

— Jon Markman, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2026

Definition of contracted

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George Ryan and Rod Blagojevich in their own corruption cases, and former Department of Justice criminal chief Brent Wible have also been retained.

— Hannah Meisel, CBS News, 20 Aug. 2026
Special touches added by Gail have been retained, including an eccentric serpent mosaic based on a design by Frank Zappa himself.

— Wendy Bowman, Robb Report, 19 Aug. 2026

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