RECRUITED Synonyms: 37 Similar and Opposite Words

recruited

verb

past tense of recruit

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 Two men were convicted Monday, and the BBC’s investigation found evidence that a young Russian diplomat had recruited the pair. —

Tom Chivers, semafor.com, 15 June 2026 The psychologist’s adult nephew has been recruited by an environmentalist who believes that the psychologist’s case files hold the key to saving the forest. —

The New Yorker, New Yorker, 15 June 2026 Carpiuc acted as a middleman, and Pochynok allegedly was recruited to record video of the fires so Lavrynovych could get paid. —

ABC News, 15 June 2026 Both recruited their own undergraduate and graduate students, plus research assistants and technicians, for the large-scale project. —

Leslie Katz, Forbes.com, 14 June 2026 Her team recruited 45 participants who had each lost at least 15% of their body weight (roughly 40 pounds on average) using tirzepatide (sold as Mounjaro and Zepbound), but were stopping the drug. —

Ryan Brennan, Sacbee.com, 13 June 2026 Folarin Balogun, the striker recruited away from England, scored the second and then rifled a third into the top corner on the brink of halftime. —

Paul Tenorio, New York Times, 13 June 2026 To accomplish this, Zegna recruited Ron and Russell Mael and their Sparks band — on a night off from their international tour — to perform a rousing set that got the crowd dancing. —

Chris Gardner, HollywoodReporter, 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

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But a director hired to helm a pilot, as James Burrows, who died Friday at 85, was again and again — almost as a lucky charm — helps set the tone for the series.

— Television Critic, Los Angeles Times, 20 June 2026
Firms hired large classes of associates, assigned them substantial quantities of legal work, billed clients for that work, and promoted a relatively small percentage into partnership.

— Joseph Andrew, Forbes.com, 19 June 2026