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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 French documentary is set inside the country’s prison officer academy, where the film observes trainees as their language, movements and certainties gradually align with the institution around them.
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Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 9 May 2026
Atmosphere by Taylor Jenkins Reid 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, 9 May 2026
As young artists in their mid-20s who had started as trainees as early as their teens and had participated in intense music survival shows, the members faced rigorous training, criticism, and rejection before reaching adulthood.
—Laura Sirikul, Forbes.com, 9 May 2026
The trainees will work across a range of different departments on the show.
—Max Goldbart, Deadline, 1 May 2026
Almost 200 civilian employees work other jobs at the agency, and 55 trainees are preparing to transfer to full-time positions.
—Ryan Oehrli, Charlotte Observer, 30 Apr. 2026
The non-military pediatrics residency programs with the lowest number of IMG trainees are overwhelmingly university programs (11/15).
—Sarah Mohiuddin, STAT, 30 Apr. 2026
Dashevsky, who writes about AI, says these features are especially helpful for trainees working long hours.
—Michal Ruprecht, CNN Money, 21 Apr. 2026
Police said trainees learned how to use an investigative tool to analyze online data, identify trafficking patterns and find victims.
—Tory Wegerski, CBS News, 21 Apr. 2026
Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 9 May 2026
Atmosphere by Taylor Jenkins Reid 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, 9 May 2026
As young artists in their mid-20s who had started as trainees as early as their teens and had participated in intense music survival shows, the members faced rigorous training, criticism, and rejection before reaching adulthood.
—Laura Sirikul, Forbes.com, 9 May 2026
The trainees will work across a range of different departments on the show.
—Max Goldbart, Deadline, 1 May 2026
Almost 200 civilian employees work other jobs at the agency, and 55 trainees are preparing to transfer to full-time positions.
—Ryan Oehrli, Charlotte Observer, 30 Apr. 2026
The non-military pediatrics residency programs with the lowest number of IMG trainees are overwhelmingly university programs (11/15).
—Sarah Mohiuddin, STAT, 30 Apr. 2026
Dashevsky, who writes about AI, says these features are especially helpful for trainees working long hours.
—Michal Ruprecht, CNN Money, 21 Apr. 2026
Police said trainees learned how to use an investigative tool to analyze online data, identify trafficking patterns and find victims.
—Tory Wegerski, CBS News, 21 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for trainees
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His parents, who met as students at Central State University, a historically Black college in Ohio, were both social workers.—
Jason Zengerle,
New Yorker,
18 May 2026
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The endowment exists to support the mental, emotional and physical wellness of students and staff at the University of North Georgia.—
Toria Sheffield,
PEOPLE,
17 May 2026
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Spring games for most if not all teams are over and official visits for recruits won't start until after Memorial Day.—
Austin Perry OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
15 May 2026
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Among those international recruits is Mary Joy Alunday, who came from the Philippines to teach mathematics — a subject, along with science, that Colorado schools have often struggled to staff.—
Anna Alejo,
CBS News,
14 May 2026
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