probationary
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These were all short term and probationary and my priority was to look after my mother.''
From BBC ● Oct. 22, 2026
Boeing did not make it past the probationary period when in January 2024, the rear door on an Alaska Airlines 737 Max plane blew off midair.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2026
She was still in a probationary period and worried about finding new customers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 23, 2026
The league is also seeking to extend the probationary period for assessing new game officials to have more flexibility to identify and remove those who are underperforming.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 10, 2025
During Cooksey’s East Coast tour, physics professor Robley Evans of MIT suggested that his university viewed its cyclotron project, then just getting under way with Stan Livingston in charge, as a sort of probationary test.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
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