as in internship
a period of undergoing practical instruction in one's job or career
prior to graduation from the culinary school he had served an externship as a sous chef at a high-end restaurant
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Recent Examples of externship
Alumni offer judicial externships, internships, job opportunities and mentoring.
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Sean M Scott, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Aug. 2024
Our robust externship program, our competitive advocacy program and our clinics provide students the opportunity to gain hands-on lawyering experience in a variety of venues.
—Sean M Scott, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Aug. 2024
The program tracks the number of business hosts and participating teachers, the diversity of industries represented in externships and collects teacher and business feedback post-externship.
—Alison Griffin, Forbes.com, 26 Mar. 2025
Business communities could be incentivized to create meaningful externship opportunities.
—Alison Griffin, Forbes.com, 26 Mar. 2025
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Sean M Scott, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Aug. 2024
Our robust externship program, our competitive advocacy program and our clinics provide students the opportunity to gain hands-on lawyering experience in a variety of venues.
—Sean M Scott, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Aug. 2024
The program tracks the number of business hosts and participating teachers, the diversity of industries represented in externships and collects teacher and business feedback post-externship.
—Alison Griffin, Forbes.com, 26 Mar. 2025
Business communities could be incentivized to create meaningful externship opportunities.
—Alison Griffin, Forbes.com, 26 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for externship
apprenticeship
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Festival visitors can meet members of the New Orleans Master Crafts Guild, an apprenticeship program in Louisiana encouraging a new generation of master craftspeople to grow their professions, from carpentry to brick masonry to plaster.—
Michelle Mehrtens,
Smithsonian Magazine,
2 July 2025
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Even labor shortages become manageable when builders create joint apprenticeship programs that expand the skilled worker pipeline.—
Ryan Stroker,
Forbes.com,
1 July 2025
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“Externship.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/externship. Accessed 21 Jul. 2025.
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