INTERNE Synonyms: 133 Similar and Opposite Words

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verb

ˈin-ˌtərn

Definition of intern

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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noun

variants also interne

as in resident

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Mentors & Mentees For medical intern Tosh and surgical intern Dashana Trainor (Amanda Morrow), main storylines have been their relationships with mentors Elliot and Turk, respectively. — Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 25 Sep. 2026 An intern at the food pantry filled out countless job applications. — Claire Galofaro, Los Angeles Times, 17 Sep. 2026 Pace Prints will operate under the leadership of company president and CEO Jacob Lewis, who got his start as a print shop intern in 2001 before rising to his current position in 2019. — News Desk, Artforum, 17 Sep. 2026 Well, that’s a nod to a Southampton intern being spotted filming a Middlesbrough training session from behind a tree — the incident which sparked an investigation that revealed Southampton’s misbehavior. — ABC News, 17 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for intern

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Another suspect in the 2023 attacks, Italian anti-fascist activist Ilaria Salis, was jailed in Hungary for over a year following the assaults, resulting in a diplomatic dispute between Rome and Budapest over her treatment in detention.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 1 Oct. 2026
Both were jailed on misdemeanor battery charges and have since been released.

— David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 30 Sep. 2026

Definition of jail

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State officials in August announced that two unvaccinated residents died after being infected with measles.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 6 Oct. 2026
Instead, the island became self-sufficient, with the majority of residents managing their own farmland, with the island still bearing its patchwork quilt of stone walls and boundary lines.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Oct. 2026

Definition of resident

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Elahe Izadi and Razzan Nakhlawi write for Say More, The Post's new relationship advice column, and will be answering reader questions live while columnist Carolyn Hax is away.

— Razzan Nakhlawi, Washington Post, 2 Oct. 2026
My students are simultaneously cerebral readers and emotional ones, and those feelings can be at odds with each other, sometimes.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 2 Oct. 2026

Definition of reader

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The revolution has been crushed, tens of thousands remain imprisoned, and economic hardship has broken the backs of Egyptians.

— Abdelrahman ElGendy, Time, 6 Oct. 2026
The Other Side of the Sun is based on the experiences of its director Sabouni, who was imprisoned there, as well as four other former inmates who survived.

— Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 5 Oct. 2026

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Elizabeth Shackelford is a foreign affairs columnist for the Chicago Tribune and a lecturer with the Dickey Center at Dartmouth College.

— Elizabeth Shackelford, Chicago Tribune, 2 Oct. 2026
Investigators will likely explore the flight data recorder and cockpit voice recorder first, Marco Chan, a senior lecturer in aviation operations at London’s Kingston University, told CNN.

— Mitchell McCluskey, CNN Money, 1 Oct. 2026

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Research shows that the paucity of surgeons is likely to increase during the coming years.

— Justin Klawans, TheWeek, 5 Oct. 2026
Among names of the women circulating in prediction markets this year are Gaza surgeon Sara al-Saqqa and Yulia Navalnaya, the Russian opposition figure and widow of Alexei Navalny.

— Mark Lewis, Fortune, 2 Oct. 2026

Definition of surgeon

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Costco ditches its Kirkland beer Pope Leo XIV, who grew up listening to popular American television preacher Archbishop Fulton Sheen, praised his fellow Illinois clergyman as an inspiration today on the eve of Sheen’s beatification.

— Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 23 Sep. 2026
With bow and arrow in hand, Anghba finds his hunt for a wild boar across a riverbank interrupted by a raft floating downstream, as former tribespeople surround a jovial American preacher (Douglas Henshall), much to the chieftain’s chagrin.

— Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 20 Sep. 2026

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