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as in prepared
to bring to a proper or desired state of fitness
has been training track-and-field athletes at the school for years
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as in taught
to cause to acquire knowledge or skill in some field
will train the students in good study habits
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as in focused
to fix (as one's attention) steadily toward a central objective
train all your thoughts on imagining how you'd score the winning goal in the game
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as in aimed
to point or turn (something) toward a target or goal
trained his eyes on the distant bull's-eye
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as in equipped
to make competent (as by training, skill, or ability) for a particular office or function
he's so experienced that they usually use him to train new recruits
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Recent Examples of trained
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
19 Feb. 2026
Even trained and experienced guides may violate emotional or interpersonal boundaries of participants, who are in vulnerable and suggestible states brought on by the effects of the drugs themselves.
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Erica Rex,
STAT,
19 Feb. 2026
Oasis Tutoring is just one component of the national Oasis program, which connects trained volunteers, typically aged 50-plus, with students needing help across the Ramona Unified School District.
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Regina Elling,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
6 Jan. 2026
The use of pre-trained teacher networks and machine learning frameworks means enterprises need to make sure the machine learning supply chain is secure.
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IEEE Spectrum,
11 Mar. 2021
James Cirrone,
FOXNews.com,
27 June 2026
The Venezuela deployment will be Whelan’s first search and rescue mission since Marrero picked and trained with her at the University of Pennsylvania.
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Devoun Cetoute,
Miami Herald,
27 June 2026
Ortega recalled having already been trained as a 3-year-old in Mexico to cut alfalfa and become a farmworker, the only job all members of his family had ever held.
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Nicole Acevedo,
NBC news,
26 June 2026
Midwives, who are medical professionals trained to deliver babies, are another helpful addition to your medical team.
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Anna Halkidis,
Parents,
26 June 2026
In January 2025, the Chinese lab DeepSeek released a cheap open model and claimed it had been trained in two months for under $6 million.
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Jon Markman,
Forbes.com,
26 June 2026
After following along the curved layers in the scan, researchers then virtually flatten the scrolls and explore them using advanced AI that has been trained to identify ink on the page.
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Lianne Kolirin,
CNN Money,
26 June 2026
Families may also appreciate that the kids’ club has trained autism-spectrum counselors.
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Chelsea Adams,
USA Today,
20 June 2026
And Louis, perhaps exhausted from his spree of bouts, but also perhaps looking past Schmeling, hadn’t trained much.
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Vann R. Newkirk Ii,
The Atlantic,
19 June 2026
Adjective
Hundreds of millions of people are using its generative AI tools each week, so people are beginning to tap into the power of these generative pre-trained transformers (GPT) and large language models (LLMs).
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Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
19 Feb. 2026
Even trained and experienced guides may violate emotional or interpersonal boundaries of participants, who are in vulnerable and suggestible states brought on by the effects of the drugs themselves.
—
Erica Rex,
STAT,
19 Feb. 2026
Oasis Tutoring is just one component of the national Oasis program, which connects trained volunteers, typically aged 50-plus, with students needing help across the Ramona Unified School District.
—
Regina Elling,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
6 Jan. 2026
The use of pre-trained teacher networks and machine learning frameworks means enterprises need to make sure the machine learning supply chain is secure.
—
IEEE Spectrum,
11 Mar. 2021
Verb
Anthony Marrone, the Los Angeles County fire chief, told The New York Times that local fire units from Los Angeles County and Fairfax County, Virginia, are the only departments in the United States trained to work abroad.
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James Cirrone,
FOXNews.com,
27 June 2026
The Venezuela deployment will be Whelan’s first search and rescue mission since Marrero picked and trained with her at the University of Pennsylvania.
—
Devoun Cetoute,
Miami Herald,
27 June 2026
Ortega recalled having already been trained as a 3-year-old in Mexico to cut alfalfa and become a farmworker, the only job all members of his family had ever held.
—
Nicole Acevedo,
NBC news,
26 June 2026
Midwives, who are medical professionals trained to deliver babies, are another helpful addition to your medical team.
—
Anna Halkidis,
Parents,
26 June 2026
In January 2025, the Chinese lab DeepSeek released a cheap open model and claimed it had been trained in two months for under $6 million.
—
Jon Markman,
Forbes.com,
26 June 2026
After following along the curved layers in the scan, researchers then virtually flatten the scrolls and explore them using advanced AI that has been trained to identify ink on the page.
—
Lianne Kolirin,
CNN Money,
26 June 2026
Families may also appreciate that the kids’ club has trained autism-spectrum counselors.
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Chelsea Adams,
USA Today,
20 June 2026
And Louis, perhaps exhausted from his spree of bouts, but also perhaps looking past Schmeling, hadn’t trained much.
—
Vann R. Newkirk Ii,
The Atlantic,
19 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for trained
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One housebroken joey would watch television in their living room.
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The country’s leading art educator was the mediocre German painter Anton Raphael Mengs, who promulgated a sort of housebroken neoclassicism.
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The proposal targets universities that, in the two most recent academic years, didn’t admit all academically qualified applicants.
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According to officials, Releford lied about his criminal history, education, and professional qualifications to become a judge, despite not having a nursing degree or being qualified to practice in Georgia.
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Olise had a right-footer from the top of the box in the opening 10 minutes that required a skilled save from goalkeeper Egil Selvik.
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Dashboards can help surface anomalies, a concentration ratio above target or a revenue trend breaking from projection, but a skilled investor still has to ask whether that pattern signals product-market fit or vulnerability.
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Yet none of that prepared the younger Berhalter for his own World Cup debut earlier this month.
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Doritos, ramen, marshmallows, and frosted cereals; French fries cooked in beef tallow; tofu prepared on a grill that just had meat on it—even the most innocuous products can contain beef, pork, or dairy.
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The class begins with incarcerated people being taught general knowledge of the industry.
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Tyx has lived in the Kansas City area for four years and previously taught middle school Spanish.
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Nearly half of Gen Zers cited worries about their finances and personal well-being as deterrents from looking for jobs focused on helping others.
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Its summer program is built as a four or five-day series, with each two-hour session focused on a theme like pastry-making or global flavors.
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All of them were aimed at creating new congressional district maps that favor their party.
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The House of Representatives easily approved bipartisan legislation aimed at protecting kids online, a significant step in a yearslong journey to rein in social media companies' interactions with children.
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So in addition to saving this place, everyone on Team Bear now has to try to earn a Michelin star on a night when they may be least equipped to do their best work.
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Following years of economic devastation and underinvestment in public services, the country’s infrastructure – from hospitals to electricity and water – is ill-equipped to deal with a crisis like this.
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“Trained.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/trained. Accessed 1 Jul. 2026.
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