as in to jail
to put in or as if in prison
some Polish citizens were interned in Russian camps during World War II
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as in resident
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as in reader
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Recent Examples of intern
Aurora Sousanis, Freep.com, 29 Aug. 2025
In 2009, Minnesota’s personnel intern quit.
—Luca Evans, Denver Post, 29 Aug. 2025
Over two decades at Target, Fiddelke climbed from finance intern to the C-suite.
—Rachel Durose, Harvard Business Review, 27 Aug. 2025
Charlie Kingree is a reporting intern for the StarNews.
—Charlie Kingree, USA Today, 27 Aug. 2025
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Verb
Aurora Sousanis is a politics intern at the Detroit Free Press.
—Aurora Sousanis, Freep.com, 29 Aug. 2025
In 2009, Minnesota’s personnel intern quit.
—Luca Evans, Denver Post, 29 Aug. 2025
Over two decades at Target, Fiddelke climbed from finance intern to the C-suite.
—Rachel Durose, Harvard Business Review, 27 Aug. 2025
Charlie Kingree is a reporting intern for the StarNews.
—Charlie Kingree, USA Today, 27 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for intern
Verb
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Some unauthorized immigrants in Abbotsford would rather self-deport than risk being jailed and forcefully returned to their native country.—
Rick Barrett,
jsonline.com,
3 Sep. 2025
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He had previously been jailed for a scam involving around 350 people and over £6 million.—
Felipe Schrieberg,
Forbes.com,
2 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Data from a 2024 study that my colleague and I published in the American Journal of Public Health demonstrates that Black Chicagoans were the only race group to experience significant increases in suicide among both male and female residents between 2015 and 2021.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
3 Sep. 2025
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Like Phoenix residents heading up to Flagstaff on a summer weekend, some desert mammals’ strategy to beat the heat is to simply move to a cooler place.—
John Leos,
AZCentral.com,
3 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Nominated by readers and Southern Living editors, these places take pride in helping others, building connections, and making everyone feel at home.—
Lisa Cericola,
Southern Living,
9 Sep. 2025
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Some Eats Beat readers also swear by the Barrel’s chicken-and-dumplings.—
Bud Kennedy,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
9 Sep. 2025
Verb
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What of Daedalus, the architect who created the awful labyrinth imprisoning both the Minotaur and his victims?—
Natalie Zutter
September 2,
Literary Hub,
2 Sep. 2025
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One of the authors of their most recent prison abuse report is currently imprisoned.—
Antonio María Delgado,
Miami Herald,
2 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Abby quietly married Josh, an army veteran and nurse, in 2021, though news of their nuptials didn’t break until 2024.—
Toria Sheffield,
PEOPLE,
7 Sep. 2025
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Yet, bizarrely, the TV show undercuts this angle by inventing a serial killer nurse from whole cloth, a move that shifts the blame away from systemic forces and toward a motiveless scoundrel.—
Graham Hillard,
The Washington Examiner,
5 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Dr Patrik Bächtiger, a clinical lecturer at Imperial College London, noted in a statement that the design of the stethoscope, which was developed in 1816, has not changed in 200 years.—
Angelica Stabile,
FOXNews.com,
4 Sep. 2025
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The research was led by Alexander Russell, a senior lecturer in solar theory at the University of St Andrews.—
Melissa Fleur Afshar,
MSNBC Newsweek,
3 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The Penn State researchers believe their scaffold could redefine how surgeons approach bone repair in the future.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
8 Sep. 2025
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Senator Bill Cassidy, a physician whose support was key to Kennedy’s final confirmation, and Senator John Barrasso, a surgeon and the number two Republican in the Senate, who rarely strays from the party line.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
7 Sep. 2025
Noun
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And throughout a 100-minute show, Cain recounted the story of a preacher’s daughter through wailing vocals, haunting drones, and meditative, languorous chants.—
Audrey Gibbs,
Nashville Tennessean,
3 Sep. 2025
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From there, the plot pretzels itself into typical noir convolution, giving us an excuse to meet all sorts of characters, not least a shady local preacher played by Chris Evans, who uses his almost embarrassingly all-American good looks to convey treacle and snake oil.—
Daniel Bromfield,
Mercury News,
29 Aug. 2025
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“Intern.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/intern. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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