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
Atmosphere by Taylor Jenkins Reid Joan Goodwin, a physics professor with a lifelong love of the stars, seizes the chance to join NASA’s first class of women astronauts and soon finds friendship, passion, and purpose among her fellow trainees.
—Kait Hanson, Southern Living, 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
Atmosphere by Taylor Jenkins Reid Joan Goodwin, a physics professor with a lifelong love of the stars, seizes the chance to join NASA’s first class of women astronauts and soon finds friendship, passion, and purpose among her fellow trainees.
—Kait Hanson, Southern Living, 9 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for trainee
Noun
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Pimentel argued the school failed to intervene despite students openly discussing the security guard's behavior.—
Peter D'Oench,
CBS News,
12 June 2026
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During a 2023 blitz, students discovered a completely new species of jumping spider, and then promptly found thirty more individuals from the same species across campus.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
11 June 2026
Noun
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Senior third baseman Tegan Tripp, a Virginia Tech recruit who batted cleanup, then lined a home run to center to lead off the fourth.—
Michael Osipoff,
Chicago Tribune,
13 June 2026
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The Dawgs still had five Top 200 overall recruits in town a week ago.—
Jeff Sentell,
AJC.com,
12 June 2026
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“Trainee.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/trainee. Accessed 15 Jun. 2026.
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