reemployed

verb

variants or re-employed
past tense of reemploy
as in rehired

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  1. employed
  2. recruited
  3. hired
  4. retained
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  • Another study earlier this year also highlighted West Virginia’s Ascend program among the best for remote workers employed with companies outside the state.
    — Dobrina Zhekova, Travel + Leisure, 20 July 2026
  • In August 2021, Rodriguez began working for Saavedra, whose company provided private security services for clients and often employed active deputies and other law enforcement officers.
    — City News Service, Daily News, 20 July 2026
Definition of employed
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  • He was recruited at great cost to win this World Cup, and because of his tactical nous in knockout football.
    — Jack Pitt-Brooke, New York Times, 19 July 2026
  • The trippy, mind-bending sci-fi thriller stars Matthew McConaughey as a former NASA pilot recruited for a mission to find a potential new world for mankind when Earth becomes unlivable.
    — Brian Truitt, USA Today, 17 July 2026
Definition of recruited
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  • Also Monday, Michigan hired Brown coach Mike Martin as an assistant to run the Wolverines offense.
    — Tobias Bass, New York Times, 14 July 2026
  • When Gaspard was hired as political director on Obama’s presidential campaign, Michelle Obama was in need of some staff of her own.
    — Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 14 July 2026
Definition of hired
Verb
  • This means that even atomic versions of oxygen and nitrogen would be retained.
    — John Timmer, ArsTechnica, 16 July 2026
  • His family has retained a lawyer and sued the Brentwood Police Department, accusing it of killing her and injuring her head during the arrest.
    — Hema Sivanandam, Mercury News, 15 July 2026
Definition of retained
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