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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 trainees
The potential candidates will include SMTR25 trainees.
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Laura Sirikul, Forbes.com, 24 Jan. 2026
The academy is put into lockdown, as blame begins spreading like wildfire and bonds between trainees are shaken.
—Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 23 Jan. 2026
The trainees nonetheless followed much of the usual syllabus, being ferried daily to one or other of the big Palestinian refugee camps under PFLP control for lectures and drills in unarmed combat and very basic weapons handling.
—Literary Hub, 16 Jan. 2026
Those expectations color the daily lives of the MZMC trainees, who closely track their intake and weight.
—Jessie Yeung, CNN Money, 16 Jan. 2026
The city’s public art team plans to send digital feedback surveys for the project to the community at large, police trainees and the University of North Texas at Dallas campus, where the academy is expected to be built on a 20-acre site.
—Uwa Ede-Osifo, Dallas Morning News, 15 Jan. 2026
In an environment where vaccine policy can shift without transparent scientific justification, trainees must learn how to critically evaluate evidence.
—Krutika Kuppalli, STAT, 12 Jan. 2026
New trainees have been sent through a fast-track course that has cut training time in half.
—Nick Miroff, The Atlantic, 10 Jan. 2026
In the novel, 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, 20 Dec. 2025
Laura Sirikul, Forbes.com, 24 Jan. 2026
The academy is put into lockdown, as blame begins spreading like wildfire and bonds between trainees are shaken.
—Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 23 Jan. 2026
The trainees nonetheless followed much of the usual syllabus, being ferried daily to one or other of the big Palestinian refugee camps under PFLP control for lectures and drills in unarmed combat and very basic weapons handling.
—Literary Hub, 16 Jan. 2026
Those expectations color the daily lives of the MZMC trainees, who closely track their intake and weight.
—Jessie Yeung, CNN Money, 16 Jan. 2026
The city’s public art team plans to send digital feedback surveys for the project to the community at large, police trainees and the University of North Texas at Dallas campus, where the academy is expected to be built on a 20-acre site.
—Uwa Ede-Osifo, Dallas Morning News, 15 Jan. 2026
In an environment where vaccine policy can shift without transparent scientific justification, trainees must learn how to critically evaluate evidence.
—Krutika Kuppalli, STAT, 12 Jan. 2026
New trainees have been sent through a fast-track course that has cut training time in half.
—Nick Miroff, The Atlantic, 10 Jan. 2026
In the novel, 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, 20 Dec. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for trainees
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Brian Kohberger, who pleaded guilty in July to the gruesome stabbing deaths of four University of Idaho students, faced a conflict of interest issue with his own attorney during the course of his case.—
Andi Babineau,
CNN Money,
2 Feb. 2026
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When navigation is intentional, students earn credits faster, miss fewer days, and experience less emotional exhaustion.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
2 Feb. 2026
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While most federal agencies face budget cuts and workforce reductions, ICE is expanding—offering new recruits Wall Street-style signing bonuses and student debt forgiveness.—
Binaifer Nowrojee,
Time,
30 Jan. 2026
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With the current contact period, during which coaches can visit recruits, ending Saturday and the following period not starting until mid-April, his team was busy booking charter flights and cramming seven days' worth of visits into four or five days.—
Doug Gollan,
Forbes.com,
29 Jan. 2026
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“Trainees.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/trainees. Accessed 5 Feb. 2026.
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