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trained

  • past participle of train.
  • past tense form of train.

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Under the scheme, women can visit their local pharmacy and have a confidential consultation with a pharmacist or trained pharmacy technician, before receiving the medication on the same day.

From BBC Jul. 28, 2026

About 30,000 Minnesotans were trained as observers, all intent on making sure that the human beings around them were being treated with basic dignity and given due process.

From Slate Jul. 27, 2026

Across the nation, they’ve set up safe spaces in schools, specialized classrooms that feel more like living rooms and that are manned by professional counselors trained in domestic violence intervention.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 26, 2026

Though trained as a historian, Du Bois, later a founder of the NAACP, used sociological methods to document the impact of slavery and Jim Crow on Black Americans.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 25, 2026

“Scherbius pictured Enigma being used in offices by highly trained professionals,” I tell her.

From "The Bletchley Riddle" by Ruta Sepetys and Steve Sheinkin