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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“The winners are doing extremely well, and the losers — or the companies that have been kind of perceived to be disrupted by AI, for example — have done extraordinarily bad,” Prentice said.
From MarketWatch • May 30, 2026
“That’s been a little bit on hold now,” said Travis Prentice, chief investment officer of Informed Momentum.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 5, 2026
Prentice asked White if Kimberley said anything during the interaction, but White described her as "too frightened".
From BBC • Feb. 23, 2026
It stars Brandon Grace, Ro Kumar, Eilidh Park, George Prentice, Alyth Ross and Rebecca Bell as young lawyers trying to navigate their messy lives at a time when their careers turn serious.
From BBC • Oct. 29, 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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