probationary
Example Sentences
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Joslin had about four weeks left in a two-year probationary period.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 23, 2026
Article 27 says Fifa can "fully or partially suspend" a disciplinary measure for "a probationary period of one to four years".
From BBC • Nov. 26, 2025
Though he had been in the civil service for more than two years, a recent promotion designated him as a probationary worker—a category of staff among the first targeted for layoffs.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 4, 2025
Hundreds of probationary workers at the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration have been fired, and the fulltime staff will be trimmed by 2,000.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 24, 2025
He hadn’t lived there long, but was already on probationary status for being loud and aggressive with the other residents.
From "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" by Rebecca Skloot
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
