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
Jacob Feldman, Sportico.com, 4 Sep. 2025
Alfonso Gonzalez Loeschen, the current CEO of Nespresso North America, has also spent 33 years at Nestlé, with his roots first sprouting as an intern in 1992.
—Preston Fore, Fortune, 3 Sep. 2025
The New York actor left Texas for Seattle after his time on FNL, booking a role as medical intern Shane Ross for seasons 9–10 on Grey's Anatomy.
—James Mercadante, EW.com, 1 Sep. 2025
Aurora Sousanis is a politics intern at the Detroit Free Press.
—Aurora Sousanis, Freep.com, 29 Aug. 2025
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Roseman got his start in Philadelphia as an unpaid summer intern advising the team on salary cap matters in 2000, rising to GM in 2010.
—Jacob Feldman, Sportico.com, 4 Sep. 2025
Alfonso Gonzalez Loeschen, the current CEO of Nespresso North America, has also spent 33 years at Nestlé, with his roots first sprouting as an intern in 1992.
—Preston Fore, Fortune, 3 Sep. 2025
The New York actor left Texas for Seattle after his time on FNL, booking a role as medical intern Shane Ross for seasons 9–10 on Grey's Anatomy.
—James Mercadante, EW.com, 1 Sep. 2025
Aurora Sousanis is a politics intern at the Detroit Free Press.
—Aurora Sousanis, Freep.com, 29 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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Her suggestions beg for readers to flag pages with sticky notes for future inspiration.—
Janine MacLachlan,
Forbes.com,
15 Sep. 2025
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For readers not well-versed in PC gaming, frame generation features look at two frames that your GPU has rendered and then uses machine-learning algorithms to generate a frame in between them.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
15 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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Sophia's mother, Amy Forchas, a critical pediatric critical care nurse, was working in the intensive care unit of the hospital where her daughter was rushed, according to a GoFundMe campaign.—
Madison E. Goldberg,
PEOPLE,
12 Sep. 2025
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In Singapore, Changi General Hospital currently has more than 80 robots helping doctors and nurses with everything from administrative work to medicine delivery.—
Rebecca Cairns,
CNN Money,
12 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Fall foliage appears when leaves change from green to yellow, orange, and red, then falls from the trees, said Brandon Fuller, a doctoral candidate and lecturer in the biology department at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC).—
Saleen Martin,
USA Today,
14 Sep. 2025
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The festival is the brainchild of UNC Charlotte lecturer and Oz expert Dina Schiff Massachi.—
Joe Marusak,
Charlotte Observer,
11 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Acting was a career shift for Tillman, who was a pre-med student in college studying to be an orthopedic surgeon.—
Olivia B. Waxman,
Time,
15 Sep. 2025
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When the cornea is permanently opaque and the eye rejects a cornea transplant, surgeons sometimes turn to tooth-in-eye surgery.—
Asuka Koda,
CNN Money,
15 Sep. 2025
Noun
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One recent Sunday evening, about 200 filled a Cincinnati church where preachers from several faith backgrounds urged them to demand his freedom.—
Hannah Allam,
ProPublica,
10 Sep. 2025
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Their uncompromising moral clarity shaped the conscience of the West, later echoed by Christian preachers crusading for abolition, civil rights, and human dignity.—
Josh Hammer,
MSNBC Newsweek,
10 Sep. 2025
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“Intern.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/intern. Accessed 16 Sep. 2025.
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