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apprentice

[uh-pren-tis] / əˈprɛn tɪs /


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Christine is only slightly more experienced, no longer an atelier apprentice, but is just beginning to prove herself, constructing her first garment entirely on her own.

From Salon Jun. 29, 2026

He worked as an apprentice in a machine shop.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 19, 2026

"Does it really sound like the president of the United States to run a televised program for who would be his next apprentice?"

From Barron's Jun. 18, 2026

"Deprived of water and unable to repair the vehicle despite the efforts of the driver, his apprentice and passengers, travellers found themselves trapped in the heart of a hostile environment," the statement added.

From BBC Jun. 5, 2026

Once we collect the dragon from Kavita, everyone will know that I’m serious about being Ma’s apprentice.

From "Dragons in a Bag" by Zetta Elliott

But what is an apprenticeship, how much do apprentices get paid and what careers can they lead to?

From BBC Aug. 10, 2026

They are responsible for ensuring apprentices work with experienced staff and receive time away from their job to complete their studying.

From BBC Aug. 10, 2026

Generations before aspiring communicators began attending journalism schools, and centuries before some of them skipped formal training altogether and simply declared themselves online influencers, most future news professionals launched their careers as indentured apprentices.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 30, 2026

Overall, Bloomberg said its latest spending will support these sorts of efforts in half a dozen states, including classroom renovations and paid work stipends for student apprentices.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 6, 2026

‘Bless me, ’ exclaimed the gentleman, not accustomed to apprentices who settled matters while their masters pondered.

From "Johnny Tremain" by Esther Hoskins Forbes

"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

Celebrities in the space, such as Frank Oz, apprenticed at Fairyland, and Metz continues to run multiple shows per day, both revivals and original creations.

From Los Angeles Times Jan. 21, 2026

Gisa was there today, aiding the seamstress she is apprenticed to.

From "Red Queen" by Victoria Aveyard

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

His uncles started a group called Banda La Movida, and Vallejo is still teaching himself acoustic guitar when he’s not apprenticing as a hat maker at Márquez Clásico, crafting tejanas and sombreros de charro.

From Los Angeles Times Dec. 15, 2025

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

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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