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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

An arbitration panel detailed how a junior analyst intern said he felt under "extreme pressure".

From BBC ● Oct. 7, 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

You wanted to intern for them, but ended up creating your own thing and now Soulection is a blueprint for others.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2026

Guess how much I love being the sweaty intern.

From "What If It's Us" by Becky Albertalli and Adam Silvera

Before joining the Journal, he interned in the features department at the Seattle Times and at USAFacts, where he focused on healthcare coverage.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 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

Brennan Drolet, a rising college senior studying finance, is spending this summer interning at a bank in Massachusetts.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 9, 2026

Born in England and raised in Las Vegas, she will visit Los Angeles for the first time when she begins interning on the business desk today.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 26, 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

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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