"on-the-job" meaning in English

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  "etymology_text": "Attributive form of on the job.",
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      "expansion": "on-the-job (not comparable)",
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
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      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "on-the-job training"
        },
        {
          "text": "on-the-job learning"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2024 April 3, Richard Foster, “Training the next generation of engineers”, in RAIL, number 1006, page 48",
          "text": "Of course, such training facilities do exist, and they perform a vital role, but there's no substitute for on-the-job training and gaining experience from a real railway system.",
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        "obtained whilst working"
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        [
          "working",
          "working"
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        "(of training, attributive) obtained whilst working"
      ],
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        "of training"
      ],
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          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
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          "word": "työpaikka-"
        },
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
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          "word": "sur le tas"
        },
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          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "Translations",
          "word": "stanowiskowy"
        }
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  "word": "on-the-job"
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
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          "text": "on-the-job training"
        },
        {
          "text": "on-the-job learning"
        },
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          "ref": "2024 April 3, Richard Foster, “Training the next generation of engineers”, in RAIL, number 1006, page 48",
          "text": "Of course, such training facilities do exist, and they perform a vital role, but there's no substitute for on-the-job training and gaining experience from a real railway system.",
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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "obtained whilst working"
      ],
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          "obtained",
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          "working",
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      ],
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        "of training"
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      "word": "työpaikka-"
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    {
      "code": "fr",
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      "word": "sur le tas"
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      "word": "stanowiskowy"
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  "word": "on-the-job"
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