TRAINEES Synonyms: 40 Similar and Opposite Words

trainees

noun

plural of trainee

as in students

a person who is being trained for a job on-the-job trainees Not all of the management trainees will be hired.

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Recent Examples of trainees With fewer trainees at the start of the talent pipeline, organizations are likely to face a thinner shortlist for the CFO seat in the future. — Sam Birchall, Fortune, 23 Oct. 2026 Dragoi says in the here and now, the team’s results underscore the important role played by sleep, especially for trainees or those learning new skills. — Sean McCabe, Hartford Courant, 18 Oct. 2026 The new funding will allow the school to add 16 apprentices, for a total of 51 trainees. — Cayla Bamberger, New York Daily News, 2 Oct. 2026 At least 25 fellowships with 50 trainees enrolled are needed; 18 programs, nearly all of which have a single trainee and all of which differ, currently exist in reproductive psychiatry. — Meg Leduc, STAT, 23 Sep. 2026 Those reports could help instructors review how trainees responded to changing plant conditions. — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 20 Aug. 2026 Older monks, many in gold robes, silently corrected the trainees who were bustling along the rows, bearing ceremonial objects. — Pico Iyer, Condé Nast Traveler, 17 Aug. 2026 Duffy added that many current trainees started out as gamers. — Megan Cerullo, CBS News, 11 Aug. 2026 Whetro said the program creates an uplifting environment for the young trainees. — Julianna Mejia july 31, Kansas City Star, 31 July 2026

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Noun

The students' message during the campaign focused on a nonpartisan effort to rebuild Serbia's economy and restore its democracy.

— JOVANA GEC, Arkansas Online, 26 Oct. 2026
Serbians are voting Sunday in a parliamentary election that is seen as a showdown between the Balkan country's populist leader Aleksandar Vucic and a movement of university students who led protests against him for almost two years.

— ABC News, ABC News, 25 Oct. 2026

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The report concludes that Russia violated the recruits’ fundamental human rights, including the rights to life, freedom, health, and to be treated humanely.

— Ivana Kottasová, CNN Money, 26 Oct. 2026
Never mind the rows of recruits at Saturday’s victory, and forget for a moment about the fans who are slowly finding their way back to the Rose Bowl for Bruins football games.

— Mirjam Swanson, Los Angeles Times, 25 Oct. 2026

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