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Examples of basic training in a Sentence
Our son is in basic training.
Recent Examples on the Web
His time in service was spent in South Carolina for basic training and he was later stationed at Camp Geiger, then Chesapeake, and finally Washington, D.C., according to his obituary.
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Killian Baarlaer, The Enquirer, 5 July 2024
The first tranche of prisoner recruits is already in basic training, according to Maliuska.
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Daria Tarasova-Markina, CNN, 13 June 2024
Some volunteers went into basic training but many took nonfighting roles like mechanics, cooks and drivers.
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Tribune News Service, Hartford Courant, 29 Jan. 2024
Cass is not alone in this misunderstanding; most economists share it as a matter of their most basic training.
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James K. Galbraith, Foreign Affairs, 14 Jan. 2019
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Word History
First Known Use
1914, in the meaning defined above
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“Basic training.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/basic%20training. Accessed 15 Jul. 2024.
Kids Definition
basic training
noun
: the first part of training for a military recruit
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