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as in rented
to take or get the temporary use of (something) for a set sum
the Youngs hired a limousine for their daughter's wedding
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as in employed
to provide with a paying job
the farm hires teenagers to pick blueberries in the summer
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Recent Examples of hired
Duffy said that a number of states have hired other companies to administer commercial driver's licenses tests, and those companies aren't enforcing the standards that drivers are supposed to meet to demonstrate their driving and English skills.
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Arkansas Online, 21 Feb. 2026
In February 2025, NASA hired an independent team to determine why the mission failed, examining everything from broken hardware to leadership mistakes.
—Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 20 Feb. 2026
Instead, the women and their husbands found out about the data center project from speaking directly to the workers hired to move dirt and dig runoff ditches ahead of construction.
—Kansas City Star, 20 Feb. 2026
Supermicro hired new accounting firm BDO USA and has since made a series of changes to shore up its governance and to regain compliance with Nasdaq listing standards.
—Amanda Gerut, Fortune, 20 Feb. 2026
Ramos plays a mysterious assassin named Antonio, who has been hired by Kutcher's billionaire character, Byron Forst, to be his personal hitman.
—Lauren Huff, Entertainment Weekly, 20 Feb. 2026
As there had never been a campaign for Tena Men on TV before, Wignarajah didn’t have award-winning campaigns to live up to when his team was hired in 2015.
—Ralph Jones, HubSpot, 20 Feb. 2026
Scheelhaase, 35, replaces Mike LaFleur, who was hired as head coach by the Arizona Cardinals.
—Los Angeles Times, 20 Feb. 2026
Providence has hired the Police Executive Research Forum to conduct an independent review of the city's response to the December mass shooting at Brown University.
—Antonia Noori Farzan, The Providence Journal, 20 Feb. 2026
Arkansas Online, 21 Feb. 2026
In February 2025, NASA hired an independent team to determine why the mission failed, examining everything from broken hardware to leadership mistakes.
—Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 20 Feb. 2026
Instead, the women and their husbands found out about the data center project from speaking directly to the workers hired to move dirt and dig runoff ditches ahead of construction.
—Kansas City Star, 20 Feb. 2026
Supermicro hired new accounting firm BDO USA and has since made a series of changes to shore up its governance and to regain compliance with Nasdaq listing standards.
—Amanda Gerut, Fortune, 20 Feb. 2026
Ramos plays a mysterious assassin named Antonio, who has been hired by Kutcher's billionaire character, Byron Forst, to be his personal hitman.
—Lauren Huff, Entertainment Weekly, 20 Feb. 2026
As there had never been a campaign for Tena Men on TV before, Wignarajah didn’t have award-winning campaigns to live up to when his team was hired in 2015.
—Ralph Jones, HubSpot, 20 Feb. 2026
Scheelhaase, 35, replaces Mike LaFleur, who was hired as head coach by the Arizona Cardinals.
—Los Angeles Times, 20 Feb. 2026
Providence has hired the Police Executive Research Forum to conduct an independent review of the city's response to the December mass shooting at Brown University.
—Antonia Noori Farzan, The Providence Journal, 20 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hired
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In the past, all companies had rented the society’s state-of-the-art Baker-Baum Concert Hall and the JAI, its smaller sibling venue across the courtyard at the Conrad Prebys Performing Arts Center.—
Beth Wood,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
15 Feb. 2026
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In the early 1970s, John Lennon and Yoko Ono rented a two-room apartment on the top floor of an unassuming townhouse at 105 Bank Street in New York’s West Village.—
Demetrius Simms,
Robb Report,
13 Feb. 2026
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The brutal tactics employed by the Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency and various other federal agencies are intended to strike fear in immigrants and other people of color, primarily Black folks, as well as Transgender and LGBTQIA+ communities.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
18 Feb. 2026
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Investigators say a board member told them Hernandez used to be employed by the former property management company as the building's general maintenance employee, but then was placed on the building's direct payroll in 2024 when Obismo took over.—
Anna McAllister,
CBS News,
18 Feb. 2026
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Once recruited, victims were allegedly forced to conduct romance scams, fake cryptocurrency investment schemes and other online frauds targeting victims abroad.—
Dylan Butts,
CNBC,
16 Feb. 2026
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Heavily recruited football standout Elyjah Staples has been almost unstoppable in the last two games.—
Eric Sondheimer,
Los Angeles Times,
16 Feb. 2026
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Keeping top athletes engaged Such a small country can’t afford to lose athletes whose talent might not be fully revealed until their later teens.—
Don Riddell,
CNN Money,
22 Feb. 2026
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The company has engaged defense forces beyond Australia as interest in autonomous land systems accelerates.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
21 Feb. 2026
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Although he did not get paid time and a half for playing 27 holes instead of the normal 18, a healthy check will come his way Sunday afternoon if Penge can hold his position.—
Steve Galluzzo,
Los Angeles Times,
21 Feb. 2026
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The ad is the first produced and paid for by Stratton’s own campaign, though her candidacy has been bolstered by millions of dollars in ads from an allied political action committee largely funded by Pritzker, the billionaire heir to the Hyatt Hotels fortune.—
Rick Pearson,
Chicago Tribune,
20 Feb. 2026
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“Hired.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hired. Accessed 23 Feb. 2026.
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