apprenticing

Definition of apprenticingnext
present participle of apprentice
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Verb
  • Militant Islamist groups, such as Hezbollah, Hamas, and ISIS, have demonstrated increasing sophistication in their use of UAVs, employing them not only for reconnaissance but also for complex attack operations.
    Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 8 May 2026
  • However, a different metric from ADP that tracks slightly larger businesses (those employing between one and 19 people) finds an increase of 526,000 jobs last year.
    Matt Egan, CNN Money, 7 May 2026
Verb
  • Content industries in the country are plagued by low wages, punishing hours, and subcontracting arrangements that push risk onto the most vulnerable workers.
    Bobby Ghosh, Time, 7 May 2026
  • Echo was subcontracting, which meant long hours for thin margins.
    Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 28 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • At a raucous commission meeting Tuesday, City Manager Rickelle Williams faced a storm of withering accusations in her initial job evaluation — mostly from Mayor Dean Trantalis, who eagerly supported hiring Williams last year but now scorns her in public.
    Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 8 May 2026
  • Last year, Scott clashed with Wyrick over the hiring process for a new city manager to replace Moore, who died in October 2023.
    Joseph Flaherty, Arkansas Online, 8 May 2026
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  • Mack was also charged with recruiting young college students (particularly women) and attempting to persuade other celebrities (such as Beverley Mitchell, Emma Watson and Kelly Clarkson) to join Nxivm.
    Lynsey Eidell, PEOPLE, 9 May 2026
  • After the unremarkable Chip Kelly recruiting era, which begat a slight bump under DeShaun Foster, what first-year coach Bob Chesney has done, before coaching a game, has been downright remarkable.
    Jon Wilner, Mercury News, 9 May 2026
Verb
  • Natalie Neysa Alund Olivier le Polain, unit head of epidemiology and analytics for response at the WHO, said cases continued to grow Monday due to length of symptom onset after contracting the virus.
    Natalie Neysa Alund, USA Today, 12 May 2026
  • As of May 9, three passengers — a Dutch couple and one German national — have died after contracting hantavirus, according to WHO.
    Chris Boyette, CNN Money, 10 May 2026
Verb
  • Local unions can avoid a recertification vote by having 60% of teachers paying dues, which automatically re-certifies the chapter.
    Steven Walker, The Orlando Sentinel, 12 May 2026
  • Under this framework, companies connecting significant new demand to the grid are responsible for paying the costs associated with serving their projects, including 100% of any new power generation required to serve their needs.
    Scott Bores, Sun Sentinel, 11 May 2026
Verb
  • This includes retaining at least 165 of the 177 tuition contracts that have already been signed by families as of April 27 for the 2026-27 academic year.
    Claire Murphy, Chicago Tribune, 8 May 2026
  • That’s why the Bulldogs placed a premium on retaining key players, including Elijah Griffin, Nate Frazier and KJ Bolden.
    Connor Riley, AJC.com, 7 May 2026
Verb
  • One defendant is accused of assuming the identity of at least four residents in Maryland with the fraudulent intent to obtain payments valued at over $1,500 that were disbursed from the state’s Medicaid program.
    Brendan Nordstrom, Baltimore Sun, 11 May 2026
  • The diagrams of passengers pulling out floatation devices and assuming crash position were presented with a crisp, legible aesthetic similar to the look of Ikezoe’s paintings.
    Alex Greenberger, ARTnews.com, 11 May 2026
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“Apprenticing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/apprenticing. Accessed 16 May. 2026.

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