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Recent Examples of basic training
In 1998, Kyle enlisted in the military and began basic training the following year.
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Alex Gurley, People.com, 27 Apr. 2025
Providing even basic training on core management functions can significantly improve manager performance and team outcomes.
—Caroline Castrillon, Forbes.com, 24 Apr. 2025
In response, Ukraine has extended its basic training to 1.5 months and implemented an adaptive period for recruits joining combat brigades.
—Josh Hammer, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Apr. 2025
The program is 18 months long and entails an orientation and basic training phase, months of firefighter and more advanced training and then a 12-month crew assignment.
—Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA TODAY, 14 Jan. 2025
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Alex Gurley, People.com, 27 Apr. 2025
Providing even basic training on core management functions can significantly improve manager performance and team outcomes.
—Caroline Castrillon, Forbes.com, 24 Apr. 2025
In response, Ukraine has extended its basic training to 1.5 months and implemented an adaptive period for recruits joining combat brigades.
—Josh Hammer, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Apr. 2025
The program is 18 months long and entails an orientation and basic training phase, months of firefighter and more advanced training and then a 12-month crew assignment.
—Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA TODAY, 14 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for basic training
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The four-day event was designed as a boot camp for content creators who hoped to someday reign over their own empire of influence, having grown up watching how the hyperactive, over-the-top antics of YouTubers and Twitch streamers turned them into multimillionaire moguls.—
Rebecca Jennings,
Vulture,
30 May 2025
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Then training begins: a 12-week basic horsemanship course followed by six-week boot camp at an equestrian sports facility in Ocala, Florida.—
Tom Vanden Brook,
USA Today,
27 May 2025
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Your First Diagnosis The Hofstra 4+4 Program: BS-BA/MD consists of four years of undergraduate education followed by four years of medical school training, seamlessly integrated into a single pathway.—
Kristen Moon,
Forbes.com,
1 June 2025
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Earlier Sunday, Ukraine’s army said at least 12 Ukrainian service members were killed and more than 60 were injured in a Russian missile strike on an army training unit.—
SAMYA KULLAB,
Chicago Tribune,
1 June 2025
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Yet fields like career technical education, healthcare, renewable energy, IT, and apprenticeships are crying out for the skills teachers bring.—
Nicholas Wyman,
Forbes.com,
30 May 2025
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Again, Republicans would have voters believe that federal housing resources go to 1950s-style projects in rough urban neighborhoods, and that apprenticeships are giveaways to failing urban schools.—
Tim Ryan,
MSNBC Newsweek,
28 May 2025
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“Basic training.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/basic%20training. Accessed 6 Jun. 2025.
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