as in hired
to provide with a paying job
thousands of recent immigrants were recruited to build the nation's rail system
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Recent Examples of recruited
Deep Cover sees Bryce Dallas Howard, Orlando Bloom and Nick Mohammed play a trio of improv actors recruited by the police to infiltrate a gang in London’s criminal underworld.
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Simon Thompson, HollywoodReporter, 8 June 2026
The working-age population is increasing, owing to consistent employment growth and a steady flow of migrants who are often highly skilled and actively recruited, and tend to come from bordering countries that have significant cultural and linguistic overlaps with Switzerland.
—Jessi Jezewska Stevens, New Yorker, 8 June 2026
Eshelman and Saarloos have history going back to when Saarloos recruited him to play at Cal State Fullerton in 2011-12.
—Steven Johnson
june 8, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 8 June 2026
But Platner’s ability to withstand early attacks became a point of pride for the progressives who’d recruited him.
—David Weigel, semafor.com, 8 June 2026
In August 1953, after sponsoring internal destabilization campaigns, the CIA and MI6 recruited a group of army officers to bring down Mossadegh.
—Andrew Arsan, The New York Review of Books, 6 June 2026
The vast majority must be recruited from the approximately 180,000 students and residents in civilian programs.
—Robert Krasner, STAT, 1 June 2026
Hopkins, a Nashville native whose dad Brad was a tackle in the NFL, received a late offer from Florida, but he was otherwise lightly recruited and committed to the first Power 4 school to offer him, Purdue.
—Manny Navarro, New York Times, 1 June 2026
Three weeks from now, that rep gets recruited to a competitor.
—John Pritchard, Forbes.com, 1 June 2026
Simon Thompson, HollywoodReporter, 8 June 2026
The working-age population is increasing, owing to consistent employment growth and a steady flow of migrants who are often highly skilled and actively recruited, and tend to come from bordering countries that have significant cultural and linguistic overlaps with Switzerland.
—Jessi Jezewska Stevens, New Yorker, 8 June 2026
Eshelman and Saarloos have history going back to when Saarloos recruited him to play at Cal State Fullerton in 2011-12.
—Steven Johnson
june 8, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 8 June 2026
But Platner’s ability to withstand early attacks became a point of pride for the progressives who’d recruited him.
—David Weigel, semafor.com, 8 June 2026
In August 1953, after sponsoring internal destabilization campaigns, the CIA and MI6 recruited a group of army officers to bring down Mossadegh.
—Andrew Arsan, The New York Review of Books, 6 June 2026
The vast majority must be recruited from the approximately 180,000 students and residents in civilian programs.
—Robert Krasner, STAT, 1 June 2026
Hopkins, a Nashville native whose dad Brad was a tackle in the NFL, received a late offer from Florida, but he was otherwise lightly recruited and committed to the first Power 4 school to offer him, Purdue.
—Manny Navarro, New York Times, 1 June 2026
Three weeks from now, that rep gets recruited to a competitor.
—John Pritchard, Forbes.com, 1 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for recruited
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Prosecutors alleged Roberts knowingly lacked employment authorization for nearly all of his two-decade career in urban education and submitted a counterfeit Social Security card when he was hired as superintendent of the Des Moines public school district, which serves 30,000 students.—
Hannah Fingerhut,
Los Angeles Times,
29 May 2026
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And yet, in the same window, my 50-person consulting firm hired its first full-stack software developer in January.—
Rob Collie,
Fortune,
29 May 2026
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Strauss, who killed himself in 2005, was employed by Ohio State’s athletic department and medical staff for nearly two decades.—
CNN Money,
CNN Money,
4 June 2026
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More than 60 cameras were employed to swoop around the stage and arena as Perry hopscotched through aerial stunts, pyro blasts and more than a couple of costume changes.—
Melissa Ruggieri,
USA Today,
3 June 2026
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