apprenticeship
noun
ap·pren·tice·ship
ə-ˈpren-tə(sh)-ˌship 
ə-ˈpren-təs-ˌship
1
: a position as an apprentice : an arrangement in which someone learns an art, trade, or job under another
He obtained an apprenticeship with a carpenter.
Later that year, he decided to become a barrister—a career that requires acceptance into an apprenticeship …—
Sidney Blumenthal
Sidney Blumenthal2
: the period of time when a person is an apprentice
During most of his apprenticeship he lived in Paris …—Robert Penn Warren
Robert Penn Warrena two-year apprenticeship
Examples of apprenticeship in a Sentence
only after long apprenticeship as a camera operator was he appointed director of photography on a major motion picture
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Here’s how the next administration could kickstart this initiative:
Build on President Trump's previous efforts to expand apprenticeship by taking steps to modernize the apprenticeship system.
—Maria Flynn, Forbes, 16 Jan. 2025
Stein’s quarter-hour address included topics of teacher raises and public school funding on the K-12 education front; expansion of career education and apprenticeship programs after secondary education years; and a plea for more lawmen and action to help stop fentanyl.
—Alan Wooten | The Center Square, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 12 Jan. 2025
Unions are at the front of that; Biden spent a lot of time on apprenticeship growth.
—Matt Reynolds, WIRED, 10 Jan. 2025
Indeed has also recently launched the pilot for its internal apprenticeship program, which invests resources and time into existing talent and trains employees in the skills necessary to move into more technical roles within the company.
—David Faris, Newsweek, 27 Dec. 2024
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Maria Flynn, Forbes, 16 Jan. 2025
Stein’s quarter-hour address included topics of teacher raises and public school funding on the K-12 education front; expansion of career education and apprenticeship programs after secondary education years; and a plea for more lawmen and action to help stop fentanyl.
—Alan Wooten | The Center Square, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 12 Jan. 2025
Unions are at the front of that; Biden spent a lot of time on apprenticeship growth.
—Matt Reynolds, WIRED, 10 Jan. 2025
Indeed has also recently launched the pilot for its internal apprenticeship program, which invests resources and time into existing talent and trains employees in the skills necessary to move into more technical roles within the company.
—David Faris, Newsweek, 27 Dec. 2024
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“Apprenticeship.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/apprenticeship. Accessed 23 Jan. 2025.
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