probationer
Example Sentences
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She said she repeatedly mentioned that her job was at risk, explaining: "It is drilled into us from the beginning, if you are a probationer they can get rid of you really easily."
From BBC • Aug. 23, 2022
The law laying out those restoration rules requires the “unconditional discharge of an inmate, of a probationer, or of a parolee.”
From Seattle Times • Mar. 28, 2022
The average probationer owes at least $2400 in financial obligations.
From Slate • Sep. 8, 2020
Even for a probationer who truly wants to play by the rules and finish probation, it’s not easy.
From The Guardian • Mar. 5, 2020
This impression was dispelled early on when a probationer in Briony’s year, a large, kindly, slow-moving girl with a cow’s harmless gaze, met the lacerating force of the ward sister’s fury.
From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan
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