basic training

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Recent Examples of basic training Hank is neutered, microchipped, knows basic training foundations, is up to date on vaccinations and now just needs a home and family to call his own. Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 19 July 2025 Conscripts will first spend five months in basic training, followed by six months of operational service, plus additional lessons. James Brooks, Los Angeles Times, 3 July 2025 This includes five months of basic training followed by six months of operational service, plus additional educational components. Gabe Whisnant, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 June 2025 At 14, my cousin sent me a hand grenade pin from basic training at Fort Dix. Stan Godlewski, Hartford Courant, 3 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for basic training
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Noun
  • Men are going to brutal boot camps to reclaim their masculinity.
    Rachel Hale, USA Today, 13 Aug. 2025
  • Moraine Valley Community College and Northwestern Medicine Palos Hospital paired up to present a free health careers boot camp, introducing high school students to medical careers.
    Melinda Moore, Chicago Tribune, 30 July 2025
Noun
  • Quarterback Kenny Pickett #8 of the Cleveland Browns passes during training camp at CrossCountry Mortgage Campus on July 26, 2025 in Berea, Ohio.
    Evan Massey, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Aug. 2025
  • In Miami’s 20 training camp practices and preseason games Fitzpatrick has pulled down three jaw-dropping interceptions, two of which would have likely produced pick-six interceptions.
    Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 24 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • The apprenticeship combines live classes, materia medica study, seasonal rituals, and hands-on herbal preparation with deep practice.
    Wyles Daniel, USA Today, 22 Aug. 2025
  • Many say that aggressive action is needed now to recruit people into apprenticeships and other skills training to support the future of manufacturing in cities like Milwaukee.
    Rick Barrett, jsonline.com, 18 Aug. 2025

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