hiring

present participle of hire

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of hiring The board also approved unanimously a district policy that bans an employee from evaluating, hiring or working on the same campus as an immediate family member. Lina Ruiz, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 25 Mar. 2025 Palm Beach County needs to get a lot more serious about hiring its first new county administrator in a decade. Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 25 Mar. 2025 Come to Papa wouldn’t air until that summer and was quickly canceled, freeing Carell from that commitment, while Daniels set about hiring writers and other crewmembers. Rick Porter, The Hollywood Reporter, 24 Mar. 2025 The city manager plans to announce her hiring decision by the second week of April. Tasha Tsiaperas, Axios, 24 Mar. 2025 In anticipation of the loss of federal funding, UC announced a hiring freeze and the elimination of diversity statements in any hiring processes following direction from the federal Department of Education to end diversity, equity and inclusion programs. Jennah Pendleton, Sacramento Bee, 24 Mar. 2025 Related Articles Maryland is hiring despite a budget deficit. Amanda Hernandez, Baltimore Sun, 24 Mar. 2025 Daniels also made another key hiring decision in bringing on Randall Einhorn and Matt Sohn as directors of photography. Rick Porter, The Hollywood Reporter, 24 Mar. 2025 Be safe by hiring a professional to do work in the upper portion. Tom MacCubbin, Orlando Sentinel, 1 Mar. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hiring
Verb
  • For them, streaming from the cloud is as natural as renting videos from Blockbuster were to me and my friends.
    Taesik Yoon, Forbes, 4 Jan. 2025
  • Unexplained inconsistencies in the reasoning for renting a vehicle, or nervousness or a refusal to answer questions about the reason for rental, may also be a sign for concern, the bulletin said.
    Kerry Breen, CBS News, 3 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • Part of this would be through a shift in cost share, employing state budgets to aid in covering SNAP—a program for which benefit costs have historically been covered by the federal government.
    Rebecca Schneid, Time, 29 Mar. 2025
  • This included suspending or expelling students involved in the 2024 Hamilton Hill occupation, employing additional security staff, and ordering a review of programs related to the Middle East.
    Paul Du Quenoy, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Mar. 2025

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“Hiring.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hiring. Accessed 4 May. 2025.

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