apprenticing

Definition of apprenticingnext
present participle of apprentice
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Verb
  • The upside is there’s a huge potential for employing people to check code.
    Doug Ross, Chicago Tribune, 20 Apr. 2026
  • What’s more, all of them operate or are members of outside media ventures, meaning that MS NOW, NBC News, CBS News and others are hitching their corporate fortunes to people whose top priority may be the health of their own endeavors and not always those of the company employing them.
    Brian Steinberg, Variety, 20 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • Echo was subcontracting, which meant long hours for thin margins.
    Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 28 Mar. 2026
  • But anyone subcontracting tasks to AI is clever enough to imagine what might come next—a day when augmentation crosses into automation, and cognitive obsolescence compels them to seek work at a food truck, pet spa, or massage table.
    Josh Tyrangiel, The Atlantic, 10 Feb. 2026
Verb
  • Then last June, the Nuggets snatched Wallace back from Minnesota, hiring him as their new co-general manager alongside his friend Ben Tenzer — another longtime Connelly disciple who’d been a steady hand behind the scenes in Denver’s front office since 2013.
    Bennett Durando, Denver Post, 25 Apr. 2026
  • The proposals also call for hiring consultants and requiring regular reports on the transition.
    Teresa Liu, Daily News, 25 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • And by recruiting free agents — from longtime competitor Skylar Diggins to longtime friend Azurá Stevens — Vandersloot helped to shape the next iteration of the team’s identity.
    Julia Poe, Chicago Tribune, 21 Apr. 2026
  • In addition to the US chipmaker’s expertise, Musk has been recruiting people with knowledge of many different facets of chip plant operations, from chip design to power management, construction and procurement.
    Bloomberg, Mercury News, 16 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • The Department of Public Health says 94% of children in Suffolk County are fully vaccinated against the measles, and those who are vaccinated are at low risk of contracting the disease.
    Neal Riley, CBS News, 23 Apr. 2026
  • This past yearthe number of pregnant and breastfeeding women starting PrEP, which is medication given to prevent someone from contracting HIV, grew.
    Gabrielle Emanuel, NPR, 23 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • Alan’s brother, Merrill Osmond, 72, was among those paying tribute.
    Becca Longmire, PEOPLE, 21 Apr. 2026
  • Wrestlers operated as independent contractors, and this allowed the McMahons to avoid paying benefits.
    Zach Helfand, New Yorker, 20 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • His fund has posted disappointing returns and the high costs of retaining talent and building out necessary infrastructure made continuing the firm too difficult, Sandler wrote.
    Hema Parmar, Fortune, 24 Apr. 2026
  • These containers ditch the plastic in favor of silicone while retaining the same look and benefits of classic deli containers—namely, their stackability, one-size-fits-all lid, and lightweight feel.
    Alaina Chou, Bon Appetit Magazine, 23 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • Cook has led the company for almost 15 years, assuming the role shortly before founder Steve Jobs’ death in 2011.
    Jacqueline Munis, Fortune, 21 Apr. 2026
  • But Europe is also making a show of assuming more responsibility for Arctic operations.
    Alan Crawford, Bloomberg, 20 Apr. 2026
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“Apprenticing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/apprenticing. Accessed 25 Apr. 2026.

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