How to Use trainee in a Sentence

trainee

noun
  • There were trainees at the guard posts around the perimeter of the base.
    TIME, 24 Oct. 2023
  • Of those, only about half make it to the trainee phase.
    Christine Chitnis, ELLE, 24 May 2022
  • That was deputy trainee, Joey Cruz, who showed the photos on his phone to the bartender.
    Brent Schrotenboer, USA TODAY, 10 Nov. 2021
  • And as a first time Marathon trainee, those long run miles begin to add up.
    Jamie Prokell, Men's Health, 1 Sep. 2022
  • In spite of this being such a complex case, a trainee was assigned to the call.
    Laurence Kotlikoff, Forbes, 16 Aug. 2022
  • What to know: Nest is the other Pletcher trainee with a big shot in the Distaff, joining Malathaat.
    Jason Frakes, The Courier-Journal, 2 Nov. 2022
  • Instead, Metro allowed the trainee to retake the test that same day.
    Justin George, Washington Post, 8 Aug. 2023
  • The trainee, who was not identified, joined the Self-Defense Forces in April.
    Bryan Pietsch, Washington Post, 14 June 2023
  • Kim Jennie was in the trainee program for nearly six years — the longest of the members.
    Erica Gerald Mason, Peoplemag, 6 Jan. 2023
  • Her first job was as a graduate trainee with Lloyds Bank.
    Alison Coleman, Forbes, 8 Mar. 2022
  • Teacher trainees complain they are owed two months of back pay.
    Patricia Cohen, New York Times, 18 Sep. 2023
  • Cuevas and another trainee threw Nerf balls at his face.
    Jack Ross, USA TODAY, 25 Feb. 2023
  • At the end of the conversation, a trainer at The Trevor Project reviews the transcript and gives feedback to the trainee.
    Rachel Metz, CNN, 7 Dec. 2021
  • For more advanced trainees, the glute bridge will be a valuable warmup for those heavy training days.
    Jeff Tomko, Men's Health, 28 Mar. 2023
  • Sail with the Picton Castle as trainee crew on the adventure of a lifetime!
    Outside Online, 28 Feb. 2022
  • Schwan joined Roche as a trainee in 1993 and has been at the company his entire career.
    Ed Silverman, STAT, 23 July 2022
  • Trainers typically spend weeks alone with trainees on the road, where the two often have to sleep in the same cab.
    Peter Eavis, New York Times, 5 Oct. 2023
  • On a plastic dummy, the trainees practice striking its stomach with the heel of their boots.
    Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 20 Feb. 2024
  • He’s meant to spend the summer in New York as an executive trainee.
    Denise Davidson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Sep. 2023
  • The episode ends with Addison and a pregnant trainee being run over in the middle of the street, their fates in the air until next week.
    Glenn Garner, Peoplemag, 25 Mar. 2023
  • On Monday, the pizzeria tweeted that the employee was a trainee on his third day.
    Louis Casiano, Fox News, 1 Feb. 2023
  • The rate for a police trainee would also increase if the agreement is approved.
    Olivia Mitchell, cleveland, 14 July 2022
  • For the project to succeed, Lowenstein said, trainees will need broader support.
    Sabrina Shankman, BostonGlobe.com, 4 Sep. 2023
  • Close to 1,000 trainee air traffic controllers will be off the job next week if Congress doesn't reach a deal to fund the government.
    Amanda Maile, ABC News, 28 Sep. 2023
  • Mejia shared the photos with Cruz, a trainee in the department at the time, who then sent them to Russell, according to the lawsuit.
    Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times, 18 Oct. 2021
  • When crossing the street back to the hospital, Addison stops to help a trainee pick up her papers.
    Jackie Strause, The Hollywood Reporter, 23 Mar. 2023
  • Right out of high school, in 2008, Trumbo became a trainee at Charlotte Ballet.
    Manuel Mendoza, Dallas News, 15 June 2023
  • Another of the complainants was Knouse, the Globe has confirmed, and the third was a female trainee who did not work in Sabatini’s lab.
    BostonGlobe.com, 28 Jan. 2023
  • And unlike in the real world, a trainee is able to make mistakes without consequences.
    N. Kirkpatrick, Washington Post, 10 Aug. 2023
  • Certain trainees were acing tricky tests, like backing up a truck and trailer.
    Daniel Wu, Washington Post, 16 June 2023

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