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apprenticeship

[uh-pren-tis-ship] / əˈprɛn tɪsˌʃɪp /




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Harrell helped run an apprenticeship program for high-school students while he was the human capital management chief for the San Antonio Independent School District.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 2, 2026

Work and Pensions Secretary Pat McFadden said: "By providing bursaries to those who need them most and fully funding apprenticeship training, we are making sure cost is not the reason someone misses out."

From BBC Jul. 28, 2026

Lithwick: Chase decided, in a very truncated opinion, that Turner’s apprenticeship violated the 13th Amendment’s prohibition of involuntary servitude and the Civil Rights Act of 1866.

From Slate Jul. 27, 2026

The novel’s great achievement lies in its language, which forces the reader into a cognitive apprenticeship before revealing the cost of what we call progress.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 22, 2026

“I will glean alone today,” Scythe Faraday told Rowan and Citra one day in February, the second month of their apprenticeship.

From "Scythe" by Neal Shusterman

Because they are classed as paid employment, benefit payments are reduced to households where young people take on apprenticeships.

From BBC Jul. 28, 2026

The government said its new bursary would remove a barrier to young people taking on apprenticeships, allowing them to "earn and learn".

From BBC Jul. 28, 2026

One innovative idea would be to connect the next generation of builders—the entrepreneurs seeking to reindustrialize America—with young people seeking apprenticeships in a physical space that enables both to realize their ambitions.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 10, 2026

"We are creating hundreds of apprenticeships so we can retrain those who worked at Mossmorran to move into the data centre or renewable energy sector."

From BBC Jun. 26, 2026

When I polled some accomplished writers about which style manuals they had con- sulted during their apprenticeships, the most common answer I got was “none.”

From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker




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