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
Bethy Squires, Vulture, 25 Feb. 2026
Phil Spencer, who joined Microsoft as an intern in 1988 and has led its Xbox video game unit since 2014, is retiring.
—Dade Hayes, Deadline, 20 Feb. 2026
Rosen, who has been an executive vice president and chief marketing officer with the Dodgers since 2012 when Mark Walter and Guggenheim Baseball Management purchased the club, worked for the Lakers as an intern while in college and eventually became an executive with the organization in the 1980s.
—Broderick Turner, Los Angeles Times, 19 Feb. 2026
Bermuda Triangle Last year, an intern in the Dallas County Public Defender’s Office reviewed a sample of 63 cases from fiscal year 2025 and determined 11 of those people were held between five and 33 days past their sentence.
—Dallas Morning News, 19 Feb. 2026
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Noun
Young is reportedly a former intern for Morgan and worked in Morgan’s literal townhouse.
—Bethy Squires, Vulture, 25 Feb. 2026
Phil Spencer, who joined Microsoft as an intern in 1988 and has led its Xbox video game unit since 2014, is retiring.
—Dade Hayes, Deadline, 20 Feb. 2026
Rosen, who has been an executive vice president and chief marketing officer with the Dodgers since 2012 when Mark Walter and Guggenheim Baseball Management purchased the club, worked for the Lakers as an intern while in college and eventually became an executive with the organization in the 1980s.
—Broderick Turner, Los Angeles Times, 19 Feb. 2026
Bermuda Triangle Last year, an intern in the Dallas County Public Defender’s Office reviewed a sample of 63 cases from fiscal year 2025 and determined 11 of those people were held between five and 33 days past their sentence.
—Dallas Morning News, 19 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for intern
Verb
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Other travelers have been burned, gored or even jailed after breaking park safety rules.—
Jessica Mekles,
FOXNews.com,
7 Mar. 2026
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Valizadeh is among at least 15 reporters currently jailed in Iran, according to the Committee to Protect Journalists.—
Philip Marcelo,
Chicago Tribune,
7 Mar. 2026
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Local opposition grows Organizers say opposition to the detention center has grown across Walton County, with residents urging state and federal leaders to reconsider the proposal.—
CBS News Atlanta Staff,
CBS News,
9 Mar. 2026
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All of those traits will be called upon if the Rancho Palos Verdes resident is to make another deep run at the BNP Paribas Open, the place that feels like home and where his biggest breakthrough came in 2022.—
Douglas Robson,
Los Angeles Times,
9 Mar. 2026
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At a time when thousands of local newspapers across the nation have folded in the face of plummeting web traffic, advertising losses and shifting reader habits, the rebirth of a community news outlet is rare.—
Clara Harter,
Los Angeles Times,
7 Mar. 2026
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His work as The Arizona Republic’s consumer travel reporter aims to help readers navigate the stresses of traveling and get the best value for their money on their vacations.—
Michael Salerno,
AZCentral.com,
7 Mar. 2026
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Women were punished differently — whipped, branded, sold, imprisoned, or quietly executed.—
Ed Gaskin,
Boston Herald,
8 Mar. 2026
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Americans imprisoned on dubious charges Among the other Americans whose plight has become public is Afarin Mohajer, a California resident originally from Iran.—
Philip Marcelo,
Chicago Tribune,
7 Mar. 2026
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Trusting world-class surgeons and unbelievable nurses.—
Sharareh Drury,
Entertainment Weekly,
4 Mar. 2026
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Veress was a nurse at Sutter Health’s Davis hospital, the company said in a statement.—
Bay Area News Group,
Mercury News,
4 Mar. 2026
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Al-Marashi is an associate history professor at California State University San Marcos and a visiting lecturer in journalism and media studies at San Diego State University.—
Ibrahim Al-Marashi,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
5 Mar. 2026
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Jack Horner, a renowned paleontologist who worked as a consultant on all seven films in the Jurassic Park franchise, is no longer employed as a lecturer at Chapman University, following his name appearing several times in the Epstein files.—
Ryan Coleman,
Entertainment Weekly,
4 Mar. 2026
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The best surgeon’s judgment scales to rural hospitals that have no access today.—
Nicole Fraenkel,
Fortune,
6 Mar. 2026
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Cosme did four months of physical therapy that were unsuccessful before surgeons performed a periacetabular osteotomy on her right hip, breaking her pelvis in four places and inserting four screws.—
Krystle Rich,
CBS News,
6 Mar. 2026
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Like any good country preacher, Jackson could move people to tears and move them to act.—
Darcel Rockett,
Chicago Tribune,
7 Mar. 2026
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Young African Methodist Episcopal preacher Theophilus Gould Steward traveled South from New Jersey to minister during the conflict.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
4 Mar. 2026
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“Intern.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/intern. Accessed 10 Mar. 2026.
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