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Recent Examples of basic training
With basic training and coordination, our dental team identified at-risk people and connected them to behavioral health counselors.
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Divya Upadhyay, STAT, 25 Feb. 2026
After just a few weeks in basic training at San Diego, he was sent to Pearl Harbor to work and study.
—Denise Crosby, Chicago Tribune, 22 Feb. 2026
During basic training he was given a standardized mental test.
—Nicholas Lemann, New Yorker, 21 Feb. 2026
O'Neil has enlisted in the Navy and will start basic training this summer.
—Sequoia Carrillo, NPR, 20 Feb. 2026
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Divya Upadhyay, STAT, 25 Feb. 2026
After just a few weeks in basic training at San Diego, he was sent to Pearl Harbor to work and study.
—Denise Crosby, Chicago Tribune, 22 Feb. 2026
During basic training he was given a standardized mental test.
—Nicholas Lemann, New Yorker, 21 Feb. 2026
O'Neil has enlisted in the Navy and will start basic training this summer.
—Sequoia Carrillo, NPR, 20 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for basic training
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Dudnyk spent 51 days in boot camp, then a few weeks training as a drone operator.—
Ivana Kottasová,
CNN Money,
27 Mar. 2026
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Getting there, however, required numb feet and about a month of boot camp in Budapest.—
Kennedy French,
Variety,
25 Mar. 2026
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Both bills would establish teacher training academies focused on the science of reading so educators could earn an early literacy micro-credential.—
Nuria Martinez-Keel,
Oklahoma Voice,
26 Mar. 2026
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The academy provides resources and hosts trainings to help educators learn about AI and integrate AI tools into their classrooms.—
Jared Perlo,
NBC news,
26 Mar. 2026
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Once American workers are hired, they will be enrolled in an apprenticeship program that sends them to Finland to learn and work alongside Finnish shipbuilders in Helsinki.—
Lori Ann LaRocco,
CNBC,
28 Mar. 2026
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Workforce advocates say career and technical training, apprenticeships and military service are becoming more important paths to living-wage jobs without the heavy student debt often tied to a four-year degree.—
Wilborn P. Nobles III,
Dallas Morning News,
26 Mar. 2026
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