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  • noun An experiential learning opportunity, usually offered by a school, similar to an internship, but generally shorter in duration.

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Examples

  • If Darcy Burner still wants to go to Washington DC, she might ask Sen. Cantwell if that externship is still available.

    Sound Politics: Reichert expands lead 2006

  • Lewis met his contact at the EPA during a one-week 'externship' while he was still in college.

    USATODAY.com - Demystifying the rules of networking 2002

  • Although his most recent journey, an eight-week "externship" with the legal adviser to the president of Mongolia, ended with the Cape Girardeau native being found dead in a national park there, his father, Randy McLain, said the last time he spoke with his son, Colin was enjoying himself but also focused on his work.

    seMissourian.com Headlines 2010

  • Each morning after a short lecture, the students get to work on meals that will get progressively more difficult, adding courses and plating instruction, until the students decamp for a five-week "externship" on the Western Slope on farms, ranches and at wineries, followed by more work in Boulder County restaurants.

    Boulder Daily Camera Most Viewed 2010

  • Blundell came home for an "externship" with Cuisines Catering in Rogers and soon had been hired and worked his way up from prep cook to head chef at Table Mesa Bistro in Bentonville.

    NWAOnline.com stories <StaffMember: Becca Martin> 2009

  • Rayford, like other students, participated in an "externship" on Tuesdays and Thursdays at a nearby Walgreens.

    azcentral.com | news Chad Graham and Alex Bloom 2009

  • Rayford, like other students, participated in an "externship" on Tuesdays and Thursdays at a nearby Walgreens.

    azcentral.com | news 2009

  • This is my 3rd quarter, next quarter I have to do my externship, I would love the oppertunity to learn in your kitchen.

    Inside the Betty Crocker test kitchens | Baking Bites 2009

  • If we raise more money and have additional students working as solo pro bono counsel on a modified externship model where they are placed under the eye of a lawyer-mentor, the conflicts rules might in some cases be looser, but at the price of a reduced quantity of formal training, less community among participants, and the risk of mostly looser supervision.

    Discourse.net: University of Miami Law School Announces Foreclosure Defense Fellowships 2009

  • One of the requirements for all CIA students is an "externship" at a restaurant.

    Two Years Before the Pans Moira Hodgson 2011

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  • Why doesn't this word mean the opposite of internship, but something pretty similar? How disappointing.

    November 15, 2010