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intern

[in-turn] / ˈɪn tɜrn /
NOUN
apprentice
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A graduate of Pepperdine University's law school, Zacharia began her career in Republican politics, working as an intern for the Republican National Committee in 2006, CNN reported.

From Barron's ● Oct. 9, 2026

“Always say you’re a junior” is the unofficial motto of students applying for top-flight financial internships, a former Arrowstreet Capital intern told me.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026

Jillian Vordick is a former graphics intern and part of the summer 2026 newsroom intern class at The Wall Street Journal.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2026

Ali wears a hijab while in the suit and uses a second person, usually a model or intern, to provide the bug’s feet — though she insists that those are the “bug’s feet.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2026

Coal considered praising Dr. Achebe for his excellent intern program, but he’d gotten Isadora in enough trouble.

From "Boy 2.0" by Tracey Baptiste

Toward the end of his stint at Carnegie Mellon, he interned at Google Brain, the company’s pioneering AI deep-learning research team.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026

Parra, who is 24, interned in Collins’ congressional office in 2024 and worked as a contractor for a Collins-affiliated political action committee until last year.

From Slate ● Aug. 27, 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

After graduating from San Diego State, she interned in the sports department at CBS affiliate KFMB-TV although she didn’t know much about sports.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 9, 2026

I could have stayed with friends of the family and interned in New York at some publishing house, as Mom suggested.

From "Ask the Passengers" by A.S. King

Qi came to America to get his Ph.D. in computer science at Stanford University, and worked with Yang on research projects while interning together at Meta Platforms.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026

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

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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