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After breaking school rules, she was put on disciplinary probation for the rest of the semester.probation = period of being watched closely
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Rather than send her directly to prison, the judge sentenced her to one year of probation with weekly check-ins.probation = criminal sentence with conditions
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I start the new job next week, but my medical insurance will not begin until after a sixty-day probationary period.probationary = trial period (at the job)
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She didn't adjust well to the freedoms of college and now she has to pass academic probation or she'll be expelled in the Fall.probation = period of being watched closely
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He knew the probation officer was super busy, so why did he visit so often? (source)probation officer = a person who monitors a criminal who does not have to be in prison as long as they demonstrate good behavior and obey special restrictions
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Before Gordon could even hush me, the judge rubbed his temples and asked, "Juvenile probation?" (source)probation = department that tracks people who must meet special conditions to stay out of prison
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She is a freshman member on probation. (source)probation = a period of testing
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He summoned the probationer, a young, nervous Eritrean girl. (source)probationer = a person being tried out as a new employee who does not have all the privileges of a regular employee
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At four-thirty in the morning the probationers were sent to their lodgings to sleep, and told to report back at eleven. (source)probationers = a period during which a new employee is tried out on the job and during which the employee does not have all the privileges of a regular employee
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Furthermore, please withhold from volunteering for any nonmember activities in the future, as your name has been placed on a probationary list.† (source)probationary = in a manner that tests someone or something for a period of time
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I heard him tell Monique that he got a job, and reports to his probation officer right on time. (source)probation officer = a person who monitors a criminal who does not have to be in prison as long as they demonstrate good behavior and obey special restrictions
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Then, like so many people, who, perhaps, ought to be issued only a very probational pass to meet trains, he tried to empty his face of all expression that might quite simply, perhaps even beautifully, reveal how he felt about the arriving person.† (source)probational = relating to a period of testing
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The two fights he had were reported to the bosses and they put him on probation. (source)probation = a period during which someone is watched carefully to assure behavior improves
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A young probationer was pulling off the handkerchief.† (source)
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confused, Araised, raised, Arase, obliterate, Areared, reared, Armyvestal, martial, Array, plight, state of affairs, Arrayed, situated, Arson, saddle-bow, Askance, casually, Assoiled, absolved, Assotted, infatuated, Assummon, summon, Astonied, amazed, stunned, At, of, by, At-after, after, Attaint, overcome, Aumbries, chests, Avail (at), at an advantage, Avaled, lowered, Avaunt, boast, Aventred, couched, Avised, be advised, take thought, Avision, vision, Avoid, quit, Avoided, got clear off, Avow, vow, Await of (in), in watch for, Awayward, away, Awke, sideways, Bachelors, probationers for knighthood Bain, bath, Barbican, gate-tower, Barget, little ship, Battle, division of an army, Bawdy, di† (source)
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"However," the foreman continued, "in light of the defendant's honesty, her genuine remorse, and the severe provocation preceding the crimes, the jury has elected to suspend the sentence and place Miss Shrope on probationary supervision for a period of five years."† (source)probationary = in a manner that tests someone or something for a period of time
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rare meaning
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Know
That it was he, in the times past, which held you
So under fortune, which you thought had been
Our innocent self. This I made good to you
In our last conference, passed in probation with you
How you were borne in hand, how crossed, the instruments,
Who wrought with them, and all things else that might
To half a soul and to a notion crazed
Say, "Thus did Banquo."
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probation = demonstration or proof
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