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
Terms of the agreement, which have not yet been released, will be sent to the union's 450 members who work as locomotive engineers or are trainees for their consideration, according to the union.
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Clara McMichael, ABC News, 18 May 2025
The Bill Mott trainee is one of eight horses that will run in Saturday night’s Grade 1 $2 million Belmont Stakes at Saratoga Race Course in Saratoga Springs, N.Y.
—Wire Reports, The Orlando Sentinel, 5 June 2025
Kay's debut memoir, This Is Going to Hurt, focused on his time as a trainee doctor.
—Rachel Flynn, People.com, 12 May 2025
Controllers ‘can’t take anymore’ Five FAA employees – a supervisor, three controllers and one trainee – ended up taking 45 days of trauma leave after the outage, according to the air traffic controller.
—Pete Muntean, CNN Money, 10 May 2025
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Clara McMichael, ABC News, 18 May 2025
The Bill Mott trainee is one of eight horses that will run in Saturday night’s Grade 1 $2 million Belmont Stakes at Saratoga Race Course in Saratoga Springs, N.Y.
—Wire Reports, The Orlando Sentinel, 5 June 2025
Kay's debut memoir, This Is Going to Hurt, focused on his time as a trainee doctor.
—Rachel Flynn, People.com, 12 May 2025
Controllers ‘can’t take anymore’ Five FAA employees – a supervisor, three controllers and one trainee – ended up taking 45 days of trauma leave after the outage, according to the air traffic controller.
—Pete Muntean, CNN Money, 10 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for trainee
Noun
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The person behind the schoolboy video, which defended Duterte, claimed to the news agency that the views shared were collected from real students.—
Cecilia Hult,
Fortune,
28 June 2025
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The policy also requires the school to adopt punishments for students found using these devices.—
Jenna Sundel,
MSNBC Newsweek,
27 June 2025
Noun
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Blanchett’s attention then returns to her recruit, who insists on going another round.—
Denise Petski,
Deadline,
27 June 2025
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Eastern Michigan football recruit Elijah Berman was killed in a motorcycle crash involving a semitruck Tuesday evening, according to officials.—
Paulina Dedaj,
FOXNews.com,
26 June 2025
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“Trainee.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/trainee. Accessed 1 Jul. 2025.
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