probationer

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Recent Examples of probationer The News also reported that the rearrest rate of probationers — a key agency indicator — has climbed during her tenure despite Holmes’ claims to the contrary. Graham Rayman, New York Daily News, 20 Aug. 2025 Meanwhile, probationers are left with little supervision. Jason Henry, Daily News, 19 Aug. 2025 Criticizing probation officers, including for seeing another’s probationer, and when she was told the interaction felt like bullying, saying one was no longer allowed in her chambers. Darcie Moran, Freep.com, 4 June 2025 The offbeat 2002 film Cherish, for example, featured a claustrophobic probationer who repeatedly tries to defeat her electronic bracelet. Robert S. Gable, IEEE Spectrum, 20 July 2017 See All Example Sentences for probationer
Recent Examples of Synonyms for probationer
Noun
  • During a gubernatorial forum in Sacramento, candidates were asked whether Wasserman should step down.
    Dakota Smith, Los Angeles Times, 19 Feb. 2026
  • On Wednesday, lefty starter Kyle Freeland, right-handed starter Ryan Feltner, and closer candidate Victor Vodnik threw in the main stadium at Salt River.
    Patrick Saunders, Denver Post, 19 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • He is helped on the road to recovery by his unlikely friendship with a recent parolee and Vietnam veteran (Vondie Curtis-Hall) and Dr. Elecia Knox (Madsen), a VA trauma therapist-in-training.
    Jenelle Riley, Variety, 16 Jan. 2026
  • Both discretionary and mandatory parolees are supervised by the Department of Corrections after their release; parolees can be sent back to prison for violating the rules of their parole or for committing new crimes.
    Shelly Bradbury, Denver Post, 24 Dec. 2025
Noun
  • The mayor only announced his entrant into the race last week, and did not file any campaign finance reports.
    Andrew Graham, Sacbee.com, 4 Feb. 2026
  • Those entrants have boosted filmmakers’ confidence in the business.
    Samantha Masunaga, Los Angeles Times, 3 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • Strong was a finalist for the Cheryl Miller Award, given to the top small forward, as a freshman in 2025.
    Emily Adams, Hartford Courant, 5 Feb. 2026
  • Offseason turnover saw the Knights add 31 new faces to the roster, including transfers and incoming freshmen.
    Matt Murschel, The Orlando Sentinel, 5 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • Texans want an orderly immigration system, not the fear and chaos sewn by the surge of untrained ICE recruits.
    Eleanor Dearman, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 14 Feb. 2026
  • The 5-foot-10 forward is an integral part of the Vikings’ experienced starting lineup that has been together for two seasons and is led by senior guard Lillian Barnes, a Ball State recruit.
    Michael Osipoff, Chicago Tribune, 13 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • Those 26 wins were the extent of his success, a great rookie season to be sure, but not exactly a guarantee that Tang was John Wooden in waiting.
    Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 17 Feb. 2026
  • Running back Cam Skattebo, who was putting together a strong rookie campaign for the New York Giants in 2025 before suffering a season-ending ankle injury in Week 8, played for Sac State in 2021 and 2022 before transferring to Arizona State.
    Joe Davidson, Sacbee.com, 17 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • Harper and Yasmin, who’s emerged as the series’ co-lead, started out among Pierpoint’s newest hires; by the end of Season 3, the firm had been effectively dissolved, its novice traders scattered to the winds.
    Inkoo Kang, New Yorker, 9 Feb. 2026
  • The story of how 36-year-old novice producer Robert Evans became the head of production at Paramount in 1966 is the stuff of legend.
    Hadley Hall Meares, Vanity Fair, 9 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • When creating the outfits for the first 2001 Bridget Jones cast, Fleming sought to give Jones — whose diary entries detailed her romantic adventures, weight, and alcohol and cigarette consumption — a pragmatic, somewhat disheveled look that would feel relatable to busy women.
    Kati Chitrakorn, CNN Money, 17 Feb. 2026
  • Weave has ditched the traditional mobile robot design in favor of a stationary structure, aiming to create a safer, more reliable entry point for home robotics.
    Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 16 Feb. 2026

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“Probationer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/probationer. Accessed 19 Feb. 2026.

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