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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
Most trainees never make it to the finish line.
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Nicole Fell, HollywoodReporter, 1 Oct. 2025
The United States is facing a shortage of 3,000 air traffic controllers and having difficulty keeping trainees because of the grueling work, according to the news service.
—Alexander Bolton, The Hill, 30 Sep. 2025
In addition to recording a message to the new trainees, members of the Expedition 73 crew also shared a photo (below) of them watching Group 24 being introduced.
—Robert Z. Pearlman, Space.com, 28 Sep. 2025
Still, any gun training class will have to land on some key answers to thorny questions that will crop up from trainees.
—Nick Penzenstadler, USA Today, 25 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 topic at hand was the act of breaking bad news, a special workshop for our trainees in pediatrics.
—Rachel Pearson, Harpers Magazine, 19 Sep. 2025
And who are the people training the trainees?
—Don Yaeger, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025
Nicole Fell, HollywoodReporter, 1 Oct. 2025
The United States is facing a shortage of 3,000 air traffic controllers and having difficulty keeping trainees because of the grueling work, according to the news service.
—Alexander Bolton, The Hill, 30 Sep. 2025
In addition to recording a message to the new trainees, members of the Expedition 73 crew also shared a photo (below) of them watching Group 24 being introduced.
—Robert Z. Pearlman, Space.com, 28 Sep. 2025
Still, any gun training class will have to land on some key answers to thorny questions that will crop up from trainees.
—Nick Penzenstadler, USA Today, 25 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 topic at hand was the act of breaking bad news, a special workshop for our trainees in pediatrics.
—Rachel Pearson, Harpers Magazine, 19 Sep. 2025
And who are the people training the trainees?
—Don Yaeger, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for trainees
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John Singleton’s Higher Learning takes viewers inside the halls of the fictional Columbus University, where students from different backgrounds collide over race, identity, and ideology.—
Okla Jones,
Essence,
16 Oct. 2025
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Elementary school students spent more time in front of the TV than in school, viewing thousands of commercials for sugary cereals, candies and fast foods every year.—
Alice Callahan,
New York Times,
16 Oct. 2025
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Following Saturday's loss to Clemson, Belichick said he's been honest with recruits about the long-term plan the Tar Heels have to build the program.—
Jordan Sigler,
MSNBC Newsweek,
11 Oct. 2025
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And other than ignoramus Slovacek, the recruits seem an unusually tolerant bunch with no qualms about leaning into the naturally homoerotic.—
Jon O'Brien,
IndieWire,
10 Oct. 2025
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“Trainees.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/trainees. Accessed 16 Oct. 2025.
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