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apprentice

[uh-pren-tis] / əˈprɛn tɪs /


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When she was 18, she landed a job as an apprentice film librarian at the Sandler Film Library in Hollywood.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 2, 2026

Mel Parry was an 18-year-old apprentice photographer with the Merthyr Express newspaper when he found himself in the south Wales village on his way to work.

From BBC • May 10, 2026

Speaking of “Gangs of New York,” Mr. Scorsese had to convince Daniel Day-Lewis to return to acting—he was, at the time, a cobbler’s apprentice in Florence.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 1, 2026

These classes make Megan Riley, a paralegal apprentice, feel "empowered" and connected after her friends moved away to university.

From BBC • Mar. 21, 2026

When Leonardo is an apprentice, painters in Italy use tempera: water plus color plus egg yolk.

From "The Mona Lisa Vanishes" by Nicholas Day




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