apprentice
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At Yorkshire-based manufacturing company Fives, most apprentices are at lower levels and study at nearby Keighley College, but there is one degree apprentice.
From BBC ● Aug. 19, 2026
Ross Simmons, 77, thinks his great-grandfather, John Simmons, might have borrowed the book to help with his career, having worked as an apprentice stonemason in Westminster in the mid-1800s before becoming an architect in Australia.
From BBC ● Aug. 7, 2026
The term “masterpiece” originally referred to the work produced by an apprentice to prove that he was entitled to become a master.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 3, 2026
Marine Band, in which his father performed on trombone, as an apprentice.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 3, 2026
“I know you were first brought on as an apprentice for very different traits than the ones Scythe Goddard admires,” Volta told him.
From "Scythe" by Neal Shusterman
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At the event at the Ironworkers Training Center in La Palma organized by labor leaders to oppose the wealth tax, apprentices attended workshops about rigging and collective bargaining rights.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2026
For 18 to 20 year olds the rate is £10.85, and for under 18s and apprentices it is £8.
From BBC ● Sep. 2, 2026
He said that apprentices are also beneficial to employers, since their salaries are low and they tend to be better learners.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 22, 2026
U.K. companies hired 8% more apprentices in 2025, while hiring of college graduates contracted by 8%, according to a survey in 2025 by the Institute of Student Employers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 22, 2026
“You’re needed elsewhere. I’m afraid Brother Dansabe’s gout has gotten him again, so in his stead you’re going to supervise the apprentices while they muck out the stable this morning.”
From "Beasts of Prey" by Ayana Gray
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"After his studies in London, he was apprenticed to other stonemasons to help in the construction of the Houses of Parliament," Simmons said.
From BBC ● Aug. 7, 2026
Samuel Slater, born in 1768 into a farming family in Derbyshire, England, was apprenticed at age 14 to the owner of a cotton mill that was using the novel Arkwright water frame.
From Barron's ● Jan. 28, 2026
He apprenticed himself to the great artists, ancient and modern.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 5, 2025
Instead of attending a traditional law school, Kardashian apprenticed with attorneys for six years under California’s Law Office Study Program.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 8, 2025
“About tomorrow. You’re finished at Rekh’s. Come to the stonecutting shop at first light in the morning. You’re apprenticed to me now.”
From "The Golden Goblet" by Eloise Jarvis McGraw
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He likely grew up apprenticing in his father’s studio, and in the 1510s he and his brother set off for Basel to work independently.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 27, 2026
In the 1990s, Morot had given the town a shot, apprenticing with other designers, learning his craft and drinking in the city until he needed to move back to Canada for family reasons.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 14, 2025
Some say she has been apprenticing as a cobbler in the Italian countryside; others, that she’s formed an ice cave—and won the trust of indigenous penguin tribes—in Antarctica.
From Slate ● May 25, 2024
By the next year, she was studying at Tokyo University of the Arts and apprenticing at Handa Kyuseido, a relative newcomer in the multigenerational-family conservator field.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 22, 2023
At my parents for dying and my brother for apprenticing himself to a Martial.
From "An Ember in the Ashes" by Sabaa Tahir
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