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apprentice

[uh-pren-tis] / əˈprɛn tɪs /


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The apprentice butcher joined the Territorial Army when he was 17, before the war broke out, because he wanted "something to do".

From BBC ● Aug. 28, 2026

She turned it down and went to work as an apprentice at a law firm instead.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 22, 2026

Gardner said he was "immensely proud" of his crewmates Ben Shutt, Liam Crosby and their apprentice Ada, as well as skipper Clive Easton, for their role in the historic - and fruitful - catch.

From BBC ● Aug. 19, 2026

"The modern apprentice is increasingly learning two things at once: the practical skill of making, and the digital skill of using technology to understand what is happening in production," explains Iveson.

From BBC ● Jul. 20, 2026

And two years ago, it was Dylan who warned Moreau that VanQuish was coming to arrest him, giving Moreau time to wrap his former apprentice in an illusion so he could escape.

From "Amari and the Night Brothers" by B.B. Alston

The couple are about half way through their renovations, which have included repurposing the Sunday school room as a pottery studio, and he said they hoped to recruit local apprentices to boost the local economy.

From BBC ● Oct. 24, 2026

At the event at the Ironworkers Training Center in La Palma organized by labor leaders to oppose the wealth tax, apprentices attended workshops about rigging and collective bargaining rights.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2026

But glassmakers on the island face exorbitant energy costs, a shrinking pool of apprentices and competition from counterfeits.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026

U.K. companies hired 8% more apprentices in 2025, while hiring of college graduates contracted by 8%, according to a survey in 2025 by the Institute of Student Employers.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 22, 2026

It’s what they call new apprentices, because you’re not good for anything but flipping your scythe’s burgers.”

From "Scythe" by Neal Shusterman

"After his studies in London, he was apprenticed to other stonemasons to help in the construction of the Houses of Parliament," Simmons said.

From BBC ● Aug. 7, 2026

John Van Nostrand Dorr was born in 1872, long before the Model T. He grew up in New Jersey, where he apprenticed under Thomas Edison.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 4, 2026

Samuel Slater, born in 1768 into a farming family in Derbyshire, England, was apprenticed at age 14 to the owner of a cotton mill that was using the novel Arkwright water frame.

From Barron's ● Jan. 28, 2026

Instead of attending a traditional law school, Kardashian apprenticed with attorneys for six years under California’s Law Office Study Program.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 8, 2025

“You had better be apprenticed at once. Would Gargery come here with you, and bring your indentures, do you think?”

From "Great Expectations" by Charles Dickens

He likely grew up apprenticing in his father’s studio, and in the 1510s he and his brother set off for Basel to work independently.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 27, 2026

Some say she has been apprenticing as a cobbler in the Italian countryside; others, that she’s formed an ice cave—and won the trust of indigenous penguin tribes—in Antarctica.

From Slate ● May 25, 2024

By the next year, she was studying at Tokyo University of the Arts and apprenticing at Handa Kyuseido, a relative newcomer in the multigenerational-family conservator field.

From Seattle Times ● Sep. 22, 2023

For the sound bath at First Congregational Church, which cost between $55 and $66 depending on whether you brought your own mat and pillow, Bawa brought together six sound healers — some experienced, some apprenticing.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 10, 2023

He became a woodworker, apprenticing at a nearby shop owned by a broad-minded Unitarian.

From "The Underground Railroad: A Novel" by Colson Whitehead


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