apprenticed
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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
Edwin Goodman apprenticed with Bergdorf and the two eventually became partners.
From The Wall Street Journal • Sep. 21, 2025
She never learned to write, but she was apprenticed in 1815 as a “servant” for “housewifery” to William Reeves until she turned 18.
From Slate • Nov. 20, 2024
He settled in Seattle’s small Jewish community, based near today’s Yesler Terrace, and began working in the jewelry business, having apprenticed as a silversmith and watchmaker back in Germany.
From Seattle Times • Jun. 2, 2024
‘I did it last July. I am ... I was apprenticed to a silversmith. I burned it on hot silver.’
From "Johnny Tremain" by Esther Hoskins Forbes
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