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intern

[in-turn] / ˈɪn tɜrn /
NOUN
apprentice
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"I'm still in my training period, so I'm feeling a little nervous," the self-described "intern" said in an earnest female voice, explaining how the school provided tailored courses and certification for specific robot jobs.

From Barron's Aug. 19, 2026

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

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

From Slate Aug. 3, 2026

“They happen to intern for a highly successful person on a highly profitable desk who wants to take them off the market,” Cassata said.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 30, 2026

“I wanted to ask you to mentor me, you know, I’d work as an intern, do whatever, clean up, anything, because I have to make this sculpture.”

From "I'll Give You the Sun" by Jandy Nelson

He grew up in the Bay Area and, after an early career stint reporting on the videogame industry, interned at his hometown paper, Palo Alto Weekly.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 9, 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

As a teenager, he interned for Comcast, spending high school and college summers climbing telephone poles and selling cable subscriptions door to door.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 2, 2026

During her college career, she served as the editor in chief of her student newspaper, The Collegian, and interned at three local newsrooms, most recently ABC30 Action News.

From Los Angeles Times May 26, 2026

Randy Susskind interned with us as a law student when he was at Georgetown University and became a staff attorney right out of law school.

From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson

The importance of career opportunities like networking and interning just wasn’t top of mind for Erle.

From MarketWatch Aug. 4, 2026

Emil Michael, a 20-year-old finance and logistics management major at Ohio State University, is currently interning at a healthcare startup.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 25, 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

A decade later, in 1998, Whitten and Sykes — who at the time was interning for him — were in his home workroom when the phone rang.

From Los Angeles Times Nov. 13, 2025

The New York Times reports that they now prefer career-relevant activities like summer school or interning in an appropriate professional setting to the “sweaty, low-paid and mind-numbing slots that have long been their lot.”

From "Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America" by Barbara Ehrenreich




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