as in student
a person who is being trained for a job
on-the-job trainees Not all of the management trainees will be hired.
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Recent Examples of trainee
With 23 sails, six miles of rigging and roughly 150 Coast Guard trainees on board, life aboard the ship still runs the old-fashioned way.
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Sarah Alegre, FOXNews.com, 31 May 2026
The 1,500-hour licensing training — which amounts to 40 hours a week for nine months — is completely unpaid; trainees are not even allowed to accept tips.
—Eric Zamparripa, Chicago Tribune, 27 May 2026
Stiles believes Coltrane is linked to the death of his detective trainee.
—Taylor Ardrey, USA Today, 15 May 2026
The French documentary is set inside the country’s prison officer academy, where the film observes trainees as their language, movements and certainties gradually align with the institution around them.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 9 May 2026
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Sarah Alegre, FOXNews.com, 31 May 2026
The 1,500-hour licensing training — which amounts to 40 hours a week for nine months — is completely unpaid; trainees are not even allowed to accept tips.
—Eric Zamparripa, Chicago Tribune, 27 May 2026
Stiles believes Coltrane is linked to the death of his detective trainee.
—Taylor Ardrey, USA Today, 15 May 2026
The French documentary is set inside the country’s prison officer academy, where the film observes trainees as their language, movements and certainties gradually align with the institution around them.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 9 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for trainee
Noun
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The students are scheduled to depart next Wednesday.—
Tania Francois,
CBS News,
19 June 2026
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Advertisement ‘Talent is everything’ In April, Russia’s main TV news channel depicted Moscow State University gilded in futuristic laser lines as the presenter announced a new AI faculty, due to welcome its first cohort of 72 students in September.—
Nikita Ostrovsky,
Time,
18 June 2026
Noun
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The sprawling facility cycles through tens of thousands of recruits every year.—
Daniel Arkin,
NBC news,
19 June 2026
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Cunningham, a Texas A&M recruit, broke the single-season school record in every one of those categories.—
Steve Millar,
Chicago Tribune,
19 June 2026
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“Trainee.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/trainee. Accessed 22 Jun. 2026.
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