prentice
noun
prentice
1 American
[pren-tis]
/ ˈprɛn tɪs /
noun
Informal.
Prentice
2
American
[pren-tis]
/ ˈprɛn tɪs /
noun
prentice
British
/ ˈprɛntɪs /
noun
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of prentice
1250–1300; Middle English; aphetic form of apprentice
Vocabulary lists containing prentice
Example Sentences
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Airlines slowed hiring even before the global financial crisis, as they underwent restructurings and bankruptcies, says Brian Prentice, a partner in the transportation practice at Oliver Wyman.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 26, 2026
With the field’s looming wave of retirements, “even if we can replace them all one for one, we’re going to lose a lot of experience and skill,” Prentice says.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 26, 2026
Prentice asked White if Kimberley said anything during the interaction, but White described her as "too frightened".
From BBC • Feb. 23, 2026
Western Digital is one of the largest players in enterprise hard disk drives and is gaining pricing power amid this backdrop, Travis Prentice, chief investment officer of the Informed Momentum Company, recently told MarketWatch.
From MarketWatch • Oct. 18, 2025
As the bus was about to pull out that afternoon, one of the seventh-grade boys, Billy Morris, yelled up to Mrs. Prentice that Janice Avery wasn’t on the bus yet.
From "Bridge to Terabithia" by Katherine Paterson
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