trainee

Example Sentences

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A gladiator, it seems, moved up the ranks—often through training and victories in the arena—“like a trainee orator moving from imaginary speeches to those of the courtroom.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

Alanah Thompson French said she applied for a job as a trainee lettings negotiator at haart in Nottingham in December.

From BBC • Mar. 19, 2026

The convenience of modern life is “seductive,” writes Dr. Alex Curmi, a psychiatrist and trainee psychotherapist, for The Guardian.

From Salon • Mar. 3, 2026

A trainee train driver died and dozens of people were injured -- several seriously -- in that incident, which officials blamed on recent heavy rains in the northeastern region of Catalonia.

From Barron's • Jan. 23, 2026

Cassiodorus, writing in the 6th century in southern Italy for the guidance of trainee scribes, included punctuation in his Institutions Divinarum et Saecularium Litterarum, recommending “clear pausing in well-regulated delivery”.

From "Eats, Shoots & Leaves" by Author