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probationer

[proh-bay-shuh-ner] / proʊˈbeɪ ʃə nər /










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"To let a probationer on a building site with no supervision to do work is an absolute accident waiting to happen."

From BBC ● Jan. 31, 2024

They got a break when an officer charged with checking in with people on probation recognized a probationer as the suspect caught on video.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 10, 2023

A 1973 law laying out those restoration rules requires the “unconditional discharge of an inmate, of a probationer, or of a parolee.”

From Seattle Times ● Aug. 27, 2021

Even for a probationer who truly wants to play by the rules and finish probation, it’s not easy.

From The Guardian ● Mar. 5, 2020

This impression was dispelled early on when a probationer in Briony’s year, a large, kindly, slow-moving girl with a cow’s harmless gaze, met the lacerating force of the ward sister’s fury.

From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan


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