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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
Chelsea Adams,
USA Today,
20 June 2026
We were trained for the first problem.
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Julie Averill,
Forbes.com,
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
The state relies on importing doctors trained elsewhere — a strategy that is increasingly difficult to sustain.
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Jocelyn Mitchell-Williams,
STAT,
19 June 2026
The second film stars Paul Mescal as Lucius, the son of Maximus, who returns to Rome as a prisoner and is trained to be a gladiator for Macrinus, a former slave played by Denzel Washington, who has plans to overthrow the twin emperors.
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Lori A Bashian,
FOXNews.com,
19 June 2026
Researchers trained the sensing system using more than 12,000 data samples collected during 157 cutting motions.
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Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
19 June 2026
While the Qatari national team practiced at nearby PayPal Park Friday morning, Switzerland trained in San Diego early in the day before hopping on a plane and making the short flight to San Jose.
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Joseph Dycus,
Mercury News,
13 June 2026
So long as cyber staff were well-trained on networks, firewalls, and malware, strong technical specialization was sufficient.
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Harpreet Sidhu,
Fortune,
13 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
Families may also appreciate that the kids’ club has trained autism-spectrum counselors.
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Chelsea Adams,
USA Today,
20 June 2026
We were trained for the first problem.
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Julie Averill,
Forbes.com,
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
The state relies on importing doctors trained elsewhere — a strategy that is increasingly difficult to sustain.
—
Jocelyn Mitchell-Williams,
STAT,
19 June 2026
The second film stars Paul Mescal as Lucius, the son of Maximus, who returns to Rome as a prisoner and is trained to be a gladiator for Macrinus, a former slave played by Denzel Washington, who has plans to overthrow the twin emperors.
—
Lori A Bashian,
FOXNews.com,
19 June 2026
Researchers trained the sensing system using more than 12,000 data samples collected during 157 cutting motions.
—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
19 June 2026
While the Qatari national team practiced at nearby PayPal Park Friday morning, Switzerland trained in San Diego early in the day before hopping on a plane and making the short flight to San Jose.
—
Joseph Dycus,
Mercury News,
13 June 2026
So long as cyber staff were well-trained on networks, firewalls, and malware, strong technical specialization was sufficient.
—
Harpreet Sidhu,
Fortune,
13 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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Instead of constantly reacting, teams are prepared.
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Christian Moya, an assistant coach and set-piece analyst at La Liga club Sevilla, was impressed by the detail with which Tuchel’s side had prepared their set-piece approach for their opening match against Croatia last Wednesday.
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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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The plan is aimed at raising revenue to offset federal cuts that are expected to leave millions of Californians without access to healthcare.
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The appointments come a little more than a week after Warsh announced five task forces aimed at addressing broad aspects of the Fed's operational structure.
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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 28 Jun. 2026.
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