training college
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of training college
First recorded in 1820–30
Example Sentences
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While visiting the Police Scotland training college, I was introduced to Vince Wise, a former Met officer who specialises in car theft, there teaching the latest techniques in identifying stolen vehicles.
From BBC ● Feb. 7, 2026
Since it was taken out of service last year, MV Hebridean Isles has been painstakingly stripped of anything useful including items destined for a museum, a public garden and a nautical training college.
From BBC ● Oct. 27, 2025
My parents kept trying to get me to go to teacher’s training college.
From New York Times ● Apr. 17, 2023
BroSis, as it’s also known, has now provided generations of 8- to 22-year-olds with a wide variety of classes, job training, college prep, mental health support, arts instruction and daily meals.
From New York Times ● Dec. 12, 2022
He and Pa have decided he’ll go to a training college for evangelists.
From "Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers" by Deborah Heiligman
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