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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Since 1986, employers have required to verify workers' eligibility to work, and can be fined or jailed if caught knowingly breaking the law.—
Trevor Hughes,
USA Today,
10 Sep. 2025
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The Atlanta rapper was jailed from May 9, 2022, through October 31, 2024, and in the past week, several of his alleged phone conversations have been released to the public through social media.—
DeMicia Inman,
VIBE.com,
8 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Police are asking residents to call 305-474-6473 to report sightings of stray or aggressive dogs.—
Devoun Cetoute,
Miami Herald,
10 Sep. 2025
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Georgia Marcum, 21, a resident of The Cliffs and a University of Arkansas, Fayetteville student was home when the shooting began and was evacuated by police.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
10 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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He and Steve Bannon were each held in contempt of Congress and imprisoned for four months after the DOJ prosecuted them.—
Peter Aitken,
MSNBC Newsweek,
8 Sep. 2025
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The suspect has not practiced medicine since 2017 and hasn't been imprisoned throughout the eight-year investigation, France 24 noted.—
Becca Longmire,
People.com,
8 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 11 Sep. 2025.
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