trainee
noun
a person being trained, especially in a vocation; apprentice.
trainees
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pluralof trainee.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Macauley credited the progress to a "beautiful partnership" between herself, her students and other trainees.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 20, 2026
The talent pool McKinnon pulls from includes theater managers, retired projectionists, trainees from specialized college programs and even workers in other professions who take PTO for the occasion.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 17, 2026
To help fill the staffing gap, the FAA said it expects five supervisors and, by the end of July, four trainees to be qualified to help manage traffic.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 15, 2026
In the classroom, trainees crowded around instructor Luo Duocheng as he demonstrated slicing a slab of beef, marinating it, and skewering the meat to form identical kebabs.
From Barron's ● Jul. 2, 2026
She lived at a boarding house approved for outside work trainees by the Warren State Home, and was permitted out in the evenings to come to the Center.
From "Flowers for Algernon" by Daniel Keyes
