JOBBED Synonyms: 37 Similar and Opposite Words

jobbed

verb

past tense of job

as in employed

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According to the filing, Netflix employed an average of 342 staff in the UK in 2025, up from 263 the year before.

— Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 24 Aug. 2026
Harte is no longer employed by the Naugatuck Board of Education, police said.

— Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 23 Aug. 2026

Definition of employed

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In December, Nvidia bought assets from the AI chip startup for about $20 billion in its largest deal on record and hired Groq founder Jonathan Ross, president Sunny Madra and a group of engineers.

— Anniek Bao, CNBC, 25 Aug. 2026
The spike in arrests comes as the agency, infused with billions of dollars last summer by Congress, has also hired 12,000 new deportation officers and investigative agents.

— Rebecca Santana, Los Angeles Times, 25 Aug. 2026

Definition of hired

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At a science standards adoption in Texas in 2021, an oil and gas industry group recruited volunteers to participate in the process.

— Jessica Meszaros, Miami Herald, 21 Aug. 2026
Tottenham have recruited six players, all of whom played in the Premier League last season.

— Adam Crafton, New York Times, 21 Aug. 2026

Definition of recruited

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Slattery will play James Leavitt, a highly experienced and formidable defense lawyer retained by City Hall to counter Jason’s class-action lawsuit.

— Rosy Cordero, Deadline, 26 Aug. 2026
However, the Venezuelan native still faces deportation and has retained an attorney.

— Steve Henson, Los Angeles Times, 26 Aug. 2026

Definition of retained

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This metric measures contracted revenue expected to be realized over the next 12 months, so a mid-teens growth rate is bullish.

— Kevin Stankiewicz, CNBC, 27 Aug. 2026
Turns out the White Chicks alum had contracted staphylococcus and needed debridement surgery to treat the infection.

— Armando Tinoco, Deadline, 26 Aug. 2026

Definition of contracted

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Latonya Marble, the program coordinator, will also plan activities to keep students of all interests engaged.

— Charlotte Observer, Charlotte Observer, 28 Aug. 2026
Not Netflix‘s The Whisper Man, though, which doesn’t need the extra time and sails by in under two hours as a movie in a pulsating pace that keeps us engaged and guessing from beginning to end.

— Pete Hammond, Deadline, 27 Aug. 2026

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