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as in teaching
the act or process of imparting knowledge or skills to another
entered a convent for religious training
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as in apprenticeship
a period of undergoing practical instruction in one's job or career
on-the-job training teacher training
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as in conditioning
to bring to a proper or desired state of fitness
has been training track-and-field athletes at the school for years
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as in educating
to cause to acquire knowledge or skill in some field
will train the students in good study habits
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as in focusing
to fix (as one's attention) steadily toward a central objective
train all your thoughts on imagining how you'd score the winning goal in the game
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as in aiming
to point or turn (something) toward a target or goal
trained his eyes on the distant bull's-eye
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as in preparing
to make competent (as by training, skill, or ability) for a particular office or function
he's so experienced that they usually use him to train new recruits
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Recent Examples of training
Madeline Gunderson, USA Today, 9 Nov. 2025
According to the controller, many newer hires earn between $50,000 and $60,000 per year and have been required to relocate for training or assignments, often to high-cost areas far from home.
—Samantha-Jo Roth, The Washington Examiner, 8 Nov. 2025
The Athletic Tennis Staff, New York Times, 5 Jan. 2026
Another 2022 Olympian, snowboarder Jamie Anderson, is training for her second Games after having two children, and bobsledder Kaillie Humphries is also prepping for another possible Olympic appearance—what could be her fifth—after having her first child in 2024.
—Alice Park, Time, 5 Jan. 2026
See All Example Sentences for training
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Crate training can be useful past the puppy stage.
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But the number of players coming off a period of rest and then training with underlying problems is striking, especially at the start of a grueling season that has 11 months to run.
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Different exercises train different brain skills, but resistance training may be one of the best ways to protect your overall brain health.—
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Kettlebell Squat Squats are another energy-demanding exercise that primarily targets your major leg muscles like your quads, glutes, hamstrings, and calves, while also engaging your core for stability.—
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Hurley, a 30-year-old librarian librarian from Berkeley, California, went into teaching mode.—
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The preacher and the doctrine Rusty Yates was a follower of Woroniecki, who regularly traveled to college campuses and large events to spread his teachings, which would profoundly shape the Yates family’s worldview.—
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Young people have greater access to college at all levels and are prepared for good-paying jobs through apprenticeships.—
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And, that’s an area where apprenticeship shines.—
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This step is important to remove all gunk and stuck-on food before moving on to conditioning and shining the surface, according to Stein.—
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Beyond the service commitments, the complaint accuses HMM of conditioning access to space on the payment of peak season surcharges (PSS) and other extra-contractual fees—despite contract language that expressly barred such add-ons unless mutually agreed.—
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So prevalent is memorabilia fraud that the United States Postal Inspectors Service devotes an entire page on its website educating consumers how to protect themselves.—
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The narrative tracks a woman from an indigenous community in rural India whose job involves educating machine learning systems.—
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This Iranian regime has spent years focusing outside its borders on fomenting terrorism and aggression in Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, Yemen, Gaza, instead of listening to the needs of its own citizens.—
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This shows that focusing on quality, technology, and caring for patients is the best way to achieve medical excellence today.—
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The Hoosier Lottery offers several draw games for those aiming to win big.—
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The Rhode Island Lottery offers multiple draw games for those aiming to win big.—
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The Packers are preparing for a wild-card game Saturday night in Chicago.—
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Listen to Glaser discuss preparing to host the 2026 Golden Globes on Ripa's podcast episode above.—
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“Training.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/training. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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