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
After the incident, at least three controllers, one supervisor and a trainee took 45 days of mental health leave.
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Casey Tolan, CNN Money, 7 May 2025
The movie is not just about the impossible situation that trainees encounter at the call center, but illustrates how a highly competitive society might devalue individual human lives.
—Joan MacDonald, Forbes.com, 21 Apr. 2025
In reality, some trainee doctors work over 100 hours per week.
—Kayti Burt, Time, 16 Apr. 2025
Graduate students and postdoctoral trainees are the lifeblood of biomedical research.
—Deborah Fuller, The Conversation, 28 Mar. 2025
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Casey Tolan, CNN Money, 7 May 2025
The movie is not just about the impossible situation that trainees encounter at the call center, but illustrates how a highly competitive society might devalue individual human lives.
—Joan MacDonald, Forbes.com, 21 Apr. 2025
In reality, some trainee doctors work over 100 hours per week.
—Kayti Burt, Time, 16 Apr. 2025
Graduate students and postdoctoral trainees are the lifeblood of biomedical research.
—Deborah Fuller, The Conversation, 28 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for trainee
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Under the Trump administration, deportation plans have expanded to student visa holders and immigrants in the U.S. on Temporary Protected Status.—
Eric Adler,
Kansas City Star,
3 June 2025
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And that may be the most important lesson Professor Press passes on to her young students.—
Kevin Baxter,
Los Angeles Times,
3 June 2025
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For example, the number of white recruits in fiscal 2024 decreased to 40.5% from the 52.7% who joined in 2020 while the number of Black and Hispanic recruits increased.—
Luis Martinez,
ABC News,
3 June 2025
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Texas Tech transfer Kevin Overton is also a starter-level player, and Abdul Bashir, one of the top juco recruits in the country, is another upside swing.—
CJ Moore,
New York Times,
2 June 2025
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“Trainee.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/trainee. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.
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