jobbed

past tense of job

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for jobbed
Verb
  • One tactic she’s employed is seeking out new partnerships.
    Phil Wahba, Fortune, 15 Oct. 2025
  • One essential difference between the drawings and the paintings is the tool employed for mark making.
    Grace Edquist, Vogue, 15 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Franklin, who was hired in 2014 from Vanderbilt, performed a remarkable turnaround at the start of his tenure, lifting the Nittany Lions from post-scandal/NCAA consent decree purgatory to a surprise Big Ten championship in his third season.
    Stewart Mandel, New York Times, 12 Oct. 2025
  • Since the city hired a compliane officer, a role currently filled by Chris Elam, the number of recovery homes in the city has dropped from over 160 to 98 — with Elam only having to close a single house due to noncompliance.
    Keely Doll, Louisville Courier Journal, 12 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Chelsea recruited heavily over the summer, which should ease the burden on Palmer.
    Cerys Jones, New York Times, 15 Oct. 2025
  • Her Filipino parents emigrated from big-city Manila to this tiny farming community of 2,000 people in the 1970s, when her father, a surgeon, was recruited to work there.
    NPR, NPR, 15 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The Foundation paid the bills; no one at the Foundation got any barbecue.
    Michelle Marchante, Miami Herald, 12 Oct. 2025
  • The money could not be paid to a member of one’s family, including in-laws.
    Kate Wolffe, Sacbee.com, 12 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Palestinians were shifted from leading a liberation project to managing enclaves, while Israel retained control over their land, movement, and the map itself.
    Mohammed R. Mhawish, New Yorker, 14 Oct. 2025
  • He was moved out of that role in 2004 after an overhaul of Disney’s TV operations, but still retained oversight of ABC News, ad sales and affiliate relations.
    Brian Steinberg, Variety, 14 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • His curiosity is mirrored by that of Lewis Moon, a free-spirited drifter with both Cheyenne and Choctaw ancestry, who has been contracted by the government to drop bombs on the Niaruna, in an effort to scatter the tribe.
    Maggie Doherty, New Yorker, 13 Oct. 2025
  • Hanaway’s office also subpoenaed two former Planned Parenthood Great Rivers board members, one physician contracted by Planned Parenthood Great Rivers and the chief medical officer of Planned Parenthood Great Plains, according to court records.
    Matthew Kelly, Kansas City Star, 10 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Taylor was famously engaged 10 times and married seven different men in eight weddings.
    Janine Henni, PEOPLE, 11 Oct. 2025
  • The project engaged Collective Artists Network’s Galleri5 studio, where creative teams used AI technology to construct the epic’s world and dramatize its legendary conflicts and ethical questions.
    Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 10 Oct. 2025
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“Jobbed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/jobbed. Accessed 16 Oct. 2025.

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