as in to jail
to put in or as if in prison
some Polish citizens were interned in Russian camps during World War II
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as in resident
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as in reader
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Recent Examples of intern
Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 16 Oct. 2025
Lynne Shumow, the Haggerty's curator for academic engagement, curated the exhibit with help from graduate student intern Bridget Neugent.
—Jim Higgins, jsonline.com, 13 Oct. 2025
Aponte began her career with SFM in 2007 as an actuarial intern and most recently was chief financial officer.
—Pioneer Press, Twin Cities, 12 Oct. 2025
The original interns grapple with Izzie’s diagnosis!
—Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 9 Oct. 2025
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Verb
True to his overconfidence-bordering-on-arrogance nature, new intern Wes earlier in the episode did not follow instructions and attended to patients without permission.
—Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 16 Oct. 2025
Lynne Shumow, the Haggerty's curator for academic engagement, curated the exhibit with help from graduate student intern Bridget Neugent.
—Jim Higgins, jsonline.com, 13 Oct. 2025
Aponte began her career with SFM in 2007 as an actuarial intern and most recently was chief financial officer.
—Pioneer Press, Twin Cities, 12 Oct. 2025
The original interns grapple with Izzie’s diagnosis!
—Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 9 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for intern
Verb
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He was convicted of heroin possession, jailed for six years, and released in 1992.—
Ed Caesar,
New Yorker,
20 Oct. 2025
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But a federal lawsuit argues authorities are regularly jailing and deporting immigrants who are survivors of human trafficking, domestic abuse and other crimes.—
Julia Marnin,
Sacbee.com,
20 Oct. 2025
Noun
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But among the cobweb-covered religious statues are other cemetery residents with a less-than-pleasant history.—
Sophie Friedman,
AFAR Media,
22 Oct. 2025
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How are Metcalfe Park area residents are adapting to life without a full-service grocery store?—
Steven Martinez,
jsonline.com,
21 Oct. 2025
Noun
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And so trusting in that, and trusting that what will happen eventually to the work is that my love of reading will propel me, will push me to make something that a reader will also want to read and or enjoy reading or be devastated by.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
27 Oct. 2025
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The material contained on this site is intended to inform, entertain and educate the reader and in no way represents an inducement to gamble legally or illegally or any sort of professional advice.—
Lillian Metzmeier,
Louisville Courier Journal,
27 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Lindsay Sandiford, 68, has been imprisoned on Bali since 2012.—
CNN Money,
CNN Money,
22 Oct. 2025
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The recipient was the dissident theologian Dietrich Bonhoeffer, who had been imprisoned several months earlier, on account of his opposition to the Nazi regime.—
Alex Ross,
New Yorker,
21 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Charlie had originally been adopted by a traveling nurse, but Mae had lost touch soon after.—
Jack Beresford,
MSNBC Newsweek,
25 Oct. 2025
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Samaritan’s Purse began working in the region immediately after the fighting erupted, sending doctors, nurses and emergency aid.—
Jasmine Baehr,
FOXNews.com,
25 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Joe Rao serves as an instructor and guest lecturer at New York's Hayden Planetarium.—
Joe Rao,
Space.com,
18 Oct. 2025
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Erica Boothby is a social psychologist and senior lecturer at the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.—
Maya Rossignac-Milon
Erica Boothby,
CNBC,
17 Oct. 2025
Noun
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During the procedure, surgeons discovered the magnet chains were causing pressure necrosis – tissue death from prolonged pressure – in parts of the bowel and large intestine.—
Hanna Park,
CNN Money,
27 Oct. 2025
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Zinner joined Dana-Farber/Brigham and Women’s Cancer Center in Boston and served as clinical director and surgeon-in-chief at the Brigham and Women’s Hospital from 1994 to 2015.—
Howard Cohen,
Miami Herald,
26 Oct. 2025
Noun
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At this point, Malcolm was no longer an up-and-coming preacher.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
28 Oct. 2025
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Enter Caleb Samuel — a flashy, social media–famous preacher’s kid with three million followers, a fast car, and a complicated relationship with his megachurch dynasty.—
Emlyn Travis,
Entertainment Weekly,
24 Oct. 2025
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“Intern.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/intern. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.
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