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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as in students
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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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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After the incident, at least three controllers, one supervisor and a trainee took 45 days of mental health leave.
—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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“Trainee.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/trainee. Accessed 4 Jun. 2025.
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