probationers

plural of probationer

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for probationers
Noun
  • Republican candidates for governor say yes, but another likely candidate declined to say.
    Hope Karnopp, jsonline.com, 4 Sep. 2025
  • Meanwhile, Europe is a bit more competitive; the median acceptance rate stands at just 53%, and 46% of candidates identified as women.
    Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 3 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Conversely, green shoots can be seen from new entrants (those searching for a job for the first time); their numbers decreased by 199,000 last month—largely offsetting a drop the month prior.
    Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 5 Sep. 2025
  • And more workers are seeking those opportunities, as labor market re-entrants helped to lift the unemployment rate last month.
    Alicia Wallace, CNN Money, 5 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The course accepts recruits whose body fat is up to 8% higher or whose scores on the Army's aptitude test are as much as seven points lower than the requirement to become a soldier.
    Cybele Mayes-Osterman, USA Today, 6 Sep. 2025
  • Both students were dubbed three-star recruits, and university president Kimo Ah Yun wrote in a letter to the community that they had each been named BIG EAST All-Academic Team athletes for their work as students.
    Charlotte Phillipp, PEOPLE, 6 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Some true freshmen getting quality reps and making the most of them.
    Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 6 Sep. 2025
  • Both Duncan and Irvin, two top targets for the passes of Greek, are freshmen.
    Pat Wheeler, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 6 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Or London City Lionesses, the WSL newcomers and disruptors in chief with the signings of Danielle van de Donk, Nikita Parris, Katie Zelem and Alanna Kennedy, to name just four of their acquisitions?
    Megan Feringa, New York Times, 4 Sep. 2025
  • Fans can find more vegan, vegetarian, and health-conscious choices, such as those from newcomers Breadless and Cooking with Que.
    Susan Selasky, Freep.com, 3 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Instructors are on hand to teach novices.
    Jason Ma, Fortune, 7 Sep. 2025
  • For seasoned cooks and kitchen novices, cookbook author and nutritionist Robin Miller takes it back to basics with great, family-friendly recipes worth making over and over again.
    Robin Miller, AZCentral.com, 5 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Across the city, Guerin teaches young people, apprentices aspiring farmers and trains adults in the field of sustainable agriculture.
    Sophie Hartley, IndyStar, 2 Sep. 2025
  • William Alexander’s adult SF debut grew out of a short story featured in The Sunday Morning Transport, about planetary courier Tova Lir and Agatha Panza von Sparkles, one of her baby bot apprentices—functionally, her foster children.
    Natalie Zutter September 2, Literary Hub, 2 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The right way to think about dollars is as entries in an accounting ledger.
    Hersh Shefrin, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
  • Other new entries painted a picture of Minnesota’s evolving tastes and demographics.
    Hannah Goldfield, New Yorker, 8 Sep. 2025
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“Probationers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/probationers. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.

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