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boot camp

NOUN
basic training camp
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For Season 1, the actors underwent a five-day medical boot camp to learn terminology and procedures, and to ask real-world doctors any questions they might have.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 5, 2026

I meet Draper, a billionaire tech investor himself, at Silicon Valley's Draper University, his boot camp for young tech founders, where students pledge to "promote freedom at all costs".

From BBC Jul. 10, 2026

The CBC in those days was a bit like a boot camp for television.

From Salon Jul. 5, 2026

Someone said to me, “Maybe send an email out to the parents and let them know I’m not going to be putting them through boot camp, and making them do push-ups and screaming at them.”

From The Wall Street Journal May 4, 2026

After boot camp, Kelley had been trained as an infantry medic.

From "Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam" by Elizabeth Partridge




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