probationary
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Joslin had about four weeks left in a two-year probationary period.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 23, 2026
“It’s basically a financial crime, and anything under $1 million is usually a probationary matter in terms of prison time,” says Robert Wittman, who formerly served on the FBI’s specialized Art Crime Team.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 11, 2026
They only came out of a two-year probationary period this summer.
From BBC • Nov. 28, 2025
Ramirez was fired less than a month later — weeks shy of completing her 18-month probationary period — after the department alleged that she lied about her reason for taking time off from work.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 10, 2025
It would be better to give Mancuso a probationary period and kick him off the force.
From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole
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