trainee

Example Sentences

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A gladiator, it seems, moved up the ranks—often through training and victories in the arena—“like a trainee orator moving from imaginary speeches to those of the courtroom.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

Kishore Chopra said they were never informed of a trainee being involved.

From BBC • Mar. 22, 2026

The convenience of modern life is “seductive,” writes Dr. Alex Curmi, a psychiatrist and trainee psychotherapist, for The Guardian.

From Salon • Mar. 3, 2026

Verstralen is a trainee reactor operator, and Lamb will work in radiological protection.

From BBC • Jan. 26, 2026

At the time, the journal preserved her dignity: she might look and behave like and live the life of a trainee nurse, but she was really an important writer in disguise.

From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan