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as in prepared
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 taught
to cause to acquire knowledge or skill in some field
will train the students in good study habits
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as in focused
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 aimed
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 equipped
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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as in housebroken
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as in qualified
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as in skilled
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Recent Examples of trained
Beatrice Nolan, Fortune, 14 Oct. 2025
Dave Brubeck, already an accomplished jazz pianist, serving in a military band at a Riverside, California, base, was reassigned, trained, then shipped overseas as a replacement infantry rifleman.
—Literary Hub, 14 Oct. 2025
Miriam Adelson was born in Tel Aviv in 1945 after her parents immigrated from Poland and trained as a physician specializing in addiction treatment.
—Brendan Cole, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 Oct. 2025
While gathering evidence to help determine the cause of an explosion or fire, ATF specialists are trained not to rush in drawing conclusions, Robin said.
—Rebekah Riess, CNN Money, 14 Oct. 2025
Zarco trained Abdiel Iván Batista, a master jungle rescue instructor who is the director of the Chagres Survival School, CEO of the Safe Jungles Foundation and member of the Panamanian Red Cross First Aid Corps.
—Kit Bernardi, USA Today, 14 Oct. 2025
Readers of this newsletter will probably be familiar with the AI scaling laws—the observation that an AI’s capabilities increase in line with the amount of (useful) data and computing power that it is trained on.
—Billy Perrigo, Time, 14 Oct. 2025
The researchers trained and tested the new model on plasma data from an experimental tokamak in Switzerland.
—Abhishek Bhardwaj, Interesting Engineering, 7 Oct. 2025
With several special education degree programs suspended and merged by the new law, some parents and teachers worry trained special educators could become even more difficult to find.
—Tory Basile, IndyStar, 7 Oct. 2025
Adjective
Small models along with the largest models on the market were both effected by the same small amount of bad files, even though the bigger models are trained on far more total data.
—Beatrice Nolan, Fortune, 14 Oct. 2025
Dave Brubeck, already an accomplished jazz pianist, serving in a military band at a Riverside, California, base, was reassigned, trained, then shipped overseas as a replacement infantry rifleman.
—Literary Hub, 14 Oct. 2025
Miriam Adelson was born in Tel Aviv in 1945 after her parents immigrated from Poland and trained as a physician specializing in addiction treatment.
—Brendan Cole, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 Oct. 2025
While gathering evidence to help determine the cause of an explosion or fire, ATF specialists are trained not to rush in drawing conclusions, Robin said.
—Rebekah Riess, CNN Money, 14 Oct. 2025
Zarco trained Abdiel Iván Batista, a master jungle rescue instructor who is the director of the Chagres Survival School, CEO of the Safe Jungles Foundation and member of the Panamanian Red Cross First Aid Corps.
—Kit Bernardi, USA Today, 14 Oct. 2025
Readers of this newsletter will probably be familiar with the AI scaling laws—the observation that an AI’s capabilities increase in line with the amount of (useful) data and computing power that it is trained on.
—Billy Perrigo, Time, 14 Oct. 2025
The researchers trained and tested the new model on plasma data from an experimental tokamak in Switzerland.
—Abhishek Bhardwaj, Interesting Engineering, 7 Oct. 2025
With several special education degree programs suspended and merged by the new law, some parents and teachers worry trained special educators could become even more difficult to find.
—Tory Basile, IndyStar, 7 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for trained
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Rietz prepared accordingly, downloading some podcasts to her phone for herself, along with some cartoons, which were part of her 4-year-old daughter’s weekend routine.—
Nathan Diller,
USA Today,
16 Oct. 2025
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My experience prepared me to contribute immediately when I was appointed to the School Board in January of this year.—
Pioneer Press elections team,
Twin Cities,
16 Oct. 2025
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The class begins with incarcerated people being taught general knowledge of the industry.—
Sydney Sasser,
Charlotte Observer,
5 Aug. 2025
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Tyx has lived in the Kansas City area for four years and previously taught middle school Spanish.—
Taylor O'Connor,
Kansas City Star,
5 Aug. 2025
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But one scholar, Anthony Grafton, who about thirty years ago published Forgers and Critics, focused on how in the early modern period, there was this enormous flourishing not only of culture but also of liars.—
JSTOR Daily,
JSTOR Daily,
16 Oct. 2025
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Labrador's case is just one of two focused on the issue of trans athletes in women's sports that will be heard by the Supreme Court.—
Jackson Thompson,
FOXNews.com,
15 Oct. 2025
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Edison aimed to build off its solid nonleague season by playing spoiler in the league opener.—
Dan Albano,
Oc Register,
17 Oct. 2025
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Ellis’ order was aimed at bringing down the temperature by ensuring the immigration agents warn protesters ahead of deploying chemical weapons.—
Michael Loria,
USA Today,
16 Oct. 2025
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According to the research team, the XICS is equipped with an advanced calibration system designed to provide accurate measurements through changes in plasma density and temperature.—
Aman Tripathi,
Interesting Engineering,
16 Oct. 2025
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To help counter this, the backpack is equipped with extra shoulder padding and back support.—
Jessie Quinn,
USA Today,
16 Oct. 2025
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One housebroken joey would watch television in their living room.—
Washington Post,
Washington Post,
15 Apr. 2021
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The country’s leading art educator was the mediocre German painter Anton Raphael Mengs, who promulgated a sort of housebroken neoclassicism.—
Peter Schjeldahl,
The New Yorker,
14 Sep. 2020
Adjective
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Exceptions are made for legally married couples and qualified military personnel.—
Colson Thayer,
PEOPLE,
10 Oct. 2025
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The process begins with nominations, which can be made only by certain qualified individuals—such as national government officials, university professors in relevant fields, previous laureates, and members of international courts.—
James Bickerton,
MSNBC Newsweek,
10 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Approximately 90 percent of formalwear garments are manufactured in Asia, including in China, Vietnam, the Philippines, India, Myanmar and other countries that have the skilled labor and infrastructure needed to produce them.—
Rosemary Feitelberg,
Footwear News,
13 Oct. 2025
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If your Wi-Fi is protected by a weak password or uses outdated encryption, a skilled attacker might gain access without ever stepping inside your house.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
12 Oct. 2025
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“Trained.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/trained. Accessed 17 Oct. 2025.
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