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intern

[in-turn] / ˈɪn tɜrn /
NOUN
apprentice
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I was an emergency medicine intern the first time I watched a baby’s heart stop.

From Slate • Mar. 29, 2026

Colombo would follow the Hague Convention, the official added, noting it says that "a neutral power which receives on its territory troops belonging to the belligerent armies shall intern them".

From Barron's • Mar. 9, 2026

He also worked as an administrative intern before receiving the job of council aide to Rojas in March 2023.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 8, 2026

Pappas began at Colgate as an intern while an undergraduate at Rutgers University and left for four years to earn a Ph.D. in chemistry from Princeton University.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 3, 2026

On the teacher’s recommendation, they were interested in having Petey take a coveted summer intern position.

From "The Last Last-Day-of-Summer" by Lamar Giles