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
During his tenure at ICM, Broder established an agent trainee program to help educate newcomers and boost the career prospects of assistants, coordinators, colleagues and young agents.
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Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 24 Sep. 2025
Throughout the program, Lafayette’s field training officers complete daily observation reports on trainees, rating them on a scale of one to five in various categories.
—Lauren Penington, Denver Post, 22 Sep. 2025
In the early nineteen-hundreds, Richard Cabot, a physician at Massachusetts General Hospital, started holding seminars to demonstrate clinical reasoning for trainees.
—Dhruv Khullar, New Yorker, 22 Sep. 2025
The space agency on Monday introduced the four men and six women who comprise its 2025 trainee class during a ceremony held at the Johnson Space Center in Houston.
—Robert Pearlman, ArsTechnica, 22 Sep. 2025
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Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 24 Sep. 2025
Throughout the program, Lafayette’s field training officers complete daily observation reports on trainees, rating them on a scale of one to five in various categories.
—Lauren Penington, Denver Post, 22 Sep. 2025
In the early nineteen-hundreds, Richard Cabot, a physician at Massachusetts General Hospital, started holding seminars to demonstrate clinical reasoning for trainees.
—Dhruv Khullar, New Yorker, 22 Sep. 2025
The space agency on Monday introduced the four men and six women who comprise its 2025 trainee class during a ceremony held at the Johnson Space Center in Houston.
—Robert Pearlman, ArsTechnica, 22 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for trainee
Noun
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Lessons will include crafting song lyrics, gaining confidence in artistic expression and pairing songwriters with students in a mentorship program.—
Bryan West,
USA Today,
29 Sep. 2025
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In this atmosphere, microschools blossomed as a reinvention of the one-room schoolhouse that allowed one educator to teach a small group of students.—
Preston Fore,
Fortune,
28 Sep. 2025
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Vasquez had joined the North Kansas City Police Department in January 2021 as a recruit officer and was promoted to full officer after graduating from the KCPD Regional Police Academy in July 2021, fulfilling a lifelong dream.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
29 Sep. 2025
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Coordinators can use real-time location tracking to monitor their drivers en route — and post screenshots to encourage prospective recruits.—
Avery Schmitz,
CNN Money,
29 Sep. 2025
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“Trainee.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/trainee. Accessed 5 Oct. 2025.
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