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trainee

[trey-nee] / treɪˈni /


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The trainee nurse and her Uber driver husband already have three children, aged 10, eight and six, and she worries about having more.

From BBC • May 27, 2026

One of the first things you do as a Mobil Oil trainee is you learn how to drive the tractor, turn it on, pull the lever.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 27, 2026

If I say to a trainee, “You’re flinching,” that puts it in his head.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 4, 2026

Local politician Claire Lejeune wrote on X that the bus fell into the Seine "with four people on board, including a trainee driver" and thanked emergency services for their response.

From BBC • Apr. 30, 2026

Dylan takes me by the shoulders and stares into my eyes, like an intense coach and his trainee.

From "What If It's Us" by Becky Albertalli and Adam Silvera




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