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intern

[in-turn] / ˈɪn tɜrn /
NOUN
apprentice
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BBC Sport also understands that the intern involved, Will Salt, is set to be appointed to a permanent analyst role with the club since the controversy.

From BBC Aug. 14, 2026

Two years ago, the overall conversion rate from intern to employee was 50.6%, according to the National Association of Colleges and Employers.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 13, 2026

She has worked at the Hatchet for nearly three years and was previously an intern at the Alexandria Times.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 4, 2026

Moreno said it was a prank pulled by an intern, a story the former intern confirmed.

From Slate Aug. 3, 2026

"I mean, like the intern says, nothing makes any sense."

From "The Westing Game" by Ellen Raskin

While pursuing a computer-science doctorate at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, specializing in machine learning, Andrew Lai interned at Microsoft and Nvidia doing deep-learning research.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 30, 2026

Mitchell’s familiarity with lobbying might also come from experience, with Mitchell having interned at a lobbying firm, according to both Radio Iowa and his biography at Future Caucus, a group that supports young politicians.

From Salon Jul. 9, 2026

She covered New York politics as an intern for City & State NY, was a community editor for the Queens Ledger and Brooklyn Downtown Star, and interned at WHYY.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 10, 2026

Estrada interned at EdSource and focused on film criticism at MXDWN, online entertainment magazine.

From Los Angeles Times May 26, 2026

It is comforting to discover that I am not, after all, the only Judas to have been interned behind these desecrated hotel walls.

From "Code Name Verity" by Elizabeth Wein

Brennan Drolet, a rising college senior studying finance, is spending this summer interning at a bank in Massachusetts.

From MarketWatch Jul. 9, 2026

Mendoza, a business student, spent his summers interning at commercial real estate and investing firms.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 23, 2026

Concannon is interning this semester at the Tarrant County Medical Examiner’s Office and is set to graduate this spring.

From Slate Apr. 6, 2026

By interning with the environment and health desk, he aims to develop the skills to effectively communicate his research to broader audiences, to make his work more accessible and impactful beyond academic settings.

From Los Angeles Times May 27, 2025

“When I was in graduate school, interning at the museum. I was there on a scholarship for Fair students.”

From "A Tangle of Knots" by Lisa Graff




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