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
Staff, Mercury News, 25 Sep. 2025
Toboni has served in the Red Sox organization in various capacities since 2015, starting as an intern and steadily working his way up through the front office, primarily in scouting roles.
—Mac Cerullo, Boston Herald, 24 Sep. 2025
It was later confirmed that Oberg worked as an intern with the same organization.
—Jacqueline Weiss, PEOPLE, 21 Sep. 2025
Bogdan concludes the meeting by extending to me a special thank-you for speaking with the spring intern.
—Rivka Galchen, New Yorker, 21 Sep. 2025
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Verb
Toboni has served in the Red Sox organization in various capacities since 2015, starting as an intern and steadily working his way up through the front office, primarily in scouting roles.
—Staff, Mercury News, 25 Sep. 2025
Toboni has served in the Red Sox organization in various capacities since 2015, starting as an intern and steadily working his way up through the front office, primarily in scouting roles.
—Mac Cerullo, Boston Herald, 24 Sep. 2025
It was later confirmed that Oberg worked as an intern with the same organization.
—Jacqueline Weiss, PEOPLE, 21 Sep. 2025
Bogdan concludes the meeting by extending to me a special thank-you for speaking with the spring intern.
—Rivka Galchen, New Yorker, 21 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for intern
Verb
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Prosecutors sent the Bukele government an extradition request for Melgar, who was jailed in El Salvador at the time, according to Salvadoran court records.—
T. Christian Miller,
ProPublica,
30 Sep. 2025
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Dubov was part of Convers Sports Initiatives, alongside Vladimir Antonov, a Russian businessman later jailed for his role in a multi-million-dollar bank fraud.—
Nick Miller,
New York Times,
30 Sep. 2025
Noun
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When the federal government reached an agreement with Alabama officials last October to address destructive flooding in the predominantly Black Shiloh community, residents thought their calls for help had finally been answered.—
Maia Rosenfeld,
ABC News,
1 Oct. 2025
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Her love of the Big Apple is one Spike, a lifelong Brooklyn resident, also shares.—
Collette Reitz,
PEOPLE,
30 Sep. 2025
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Information collected by a license plate reader connects a DoorDash driver's SUV to the fatal shooting of a Canadian tourist, Sheboygan County prosecutors said in court documents.—
Chris Ramirez,
jsonline.com,
29 Sep. 2025
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Books will be shipped directly to borrowers at no cost and will contain return postage, ensuring the library remains free to readers.—
DeMicia Inman,
VIBE.com,
29 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Bukele’s administration asked for the return to El Salvador of some of the MS-13 gang leaders who had been arrested in Mexico and imprisoned in the United States.—
T. Christian Miller,
ProPublica,
30 Sep. 2025
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Reports suggest that in some cases, the prisoners are still alive when their organs are removed, and some of them may be imprisoned merely as a pretense to securing their organs.—
Cory Franklin,
Twin Cities,
28 Sep. 2025
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When the office said yes, the nurses drove toward the heavy black smoke.—
Georgea Kovanis,
Freep.com,
5 Oct. 2025
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Fulp is a movement science major on the pre-med track who hopes to become a plastic surgeon or physical therapist, following in the footsteps of her mother, a cardiothoracic nurse.—
Lawrence Dow,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
4 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Joe Rao serves as an instructor and guest lecturer at New York's Hayden Planetarium.—
Joe Rao,
Space.com,
3 Oct. 2025
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Nevertheless, Marc Watkins, a lecturer and researcher at the University of Mississippi, fears that Anthropic's findings signal a disturbing trend.—
Lee V. Gaines,
NPR,
2 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Medical advances, like drones delivering blood units on the battlefield, and lessons surgeons have learned treating many soldiers on the operating table.—
Daniel Estrin,
NPR,
29 Sep. 2025
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Oz, a former health surgeon and television personality took the helm of Medicare and Medicaid Services in April and has said the role of AI in health care will continue to expand.—
Beth Warren,
Nashville Tennessean,
29 Sep. 2025
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Carolyn Smith, the late preacher’s daughter, said her father — like Pendleton a Knoxville College graduate — was instrumental in recruiting Pendleton and other Black educators to teach in San Diego.—
Jemma Stephenson,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
26 Sep. 2025
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Most famously, the late preacher and radio host Harold Camping predicted doomsday again and again.—
C. A. Bridges,
AZCentral.com,
23 Sep. 2025
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“Intern.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/intern. Accessed 7 Oct. 2025.
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