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
In New Orleans, one of the earliest slammers was a jovial fellow named Damian Labeaud, who, starting in 2010, recruited passengers from the local community with the promise of insurance payouts, then took them hunting on the freeway for a truck.
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Patrick Radden Keefe, New Yorker, 13 Apr. 2026
In the film, middle school teacher Ryland Grace (Ryan Gosling) is recruited to help save Earth because of his history as a cell biologist with some iconoclastic ideas about life in the universe.
—Tara Haelle, NPR, 12 Apr. 2026
Daniel Sanchez had been driving commercial rigs for eight years when he was recruited by Super Ego in 2025.
—Ashley Velie, CBS News, 12 Apr. 2026
In the wake of the Rotterdam explosion, Dutch Justice Minister David van Weel said the suspects were most likely recruited and authorities were investigating the possibility that Iran was involved.
—Lauren Kent, CNN Money, 11 Apr. 2026
Georgia has recruited at an elite level in recent seasons, but name, image and likeness and the transfer portal have changed the way talent is accumulated.
—Connor Riley, AJC.com, 10 Apr. 2026
And to hype up his child care program for 2-year-olds, Mamdani recruited Cardi B to help judge a jingle contest that will determine the program's theme song.
—ABC News, 10 Apr. 2026
More specifically — and without spoiling a story that piles the twists as high as the corpses — Pine's an ex-British soldier pulled from his porter duties and recruited to surveil a ruthless arms dealer, Richard Roper (Hugh Laurie) staying at the hotel.
—Matt Cabral, Entertainment Weekly, 10 Apr. 2026
The Johnson County committee recruited the expertise of historians at the University of Missouri-Kansas City, including history professor Diane Mutti Burke, to uncover the name’s origin.
—Sarah Ritter, Kansas City Star, 10 Apr. 2026
Patrick Radden Keefe, New Yorker, 13 Apr. 2026
In the film, middle school teacher Ryland Grace (Ryan Gosling) is recruited to help save Earth because of his history as a cell biologist with some iconoclastic ideas about life in the universe.
—Tara Haelle, NPR, 12 Apr. 2026
Daniel Sanchez had been driving commercial rigs for eight years when he was recruited by Super Ego in 2025.
—Ashley Velie, CBS News, 12 Apr. 2026
In the wake of the Rotterdam explosion, Dutch Justice Minister David van Weel said the suspects were most likely recruited and authorities were investigating the possibility that Iran was involved.
—Lauren Kent, CNN Money, 11 Apr. 2026
Georgia has recruited at an elite level in recent seasons, but name, image and likeness and the transfer portal have changed the way talent is accumulated.
—Connor Riley, AJC.com, 10 Apr. 2026
And to hype up his child care program for 2-year-olds, Mamdani recruited Cardi B to help judge a jingle contest that will determine the program's theme song.
—ABC News, 10 Apr. 2026
More specifically — and without spoiling a story that piles the twists as high as the corpses — Pine's an ex-British soldier pulled from his porter duties and recruited to surveil a ruthless arms dealer, Richard Roper (Hugh Laurie) staying at the hotel.
—Matt Cabral, Entertainment Weekly, 10 Apr. 2026
The Johnson County committee recruited the expertise of historians at the University of Missouri-Kansas City, including history professor Diane Mutti Burke, to uncover the name’s origin.
—Sarah Ritter, Kansas City Star, 10 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for recruited
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To gain access, the hackers pose as recruiters seeking contractors for those companies and therefore possess their credentials (which the scammers can obtain with Omnistealer), or as freelance developers seeking to be hired themselves.—
Jessica Klein,
PC Magazine,
11 Apr. 2026
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The San Francisco Chronicle published the account of a woman, who remains anonymous, who says she was hired at the age of 21 to work as an intern in Swalwell's district office.—
Diana Paulsen,
ABC News,
11 Apr. 2026
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She’s employed at West Virginia’s federally funded Head Start program for low-income children and her husband is a postal worker.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
9 Apr. 2026
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But the department's Federal Student Aid Handbook does not include that restriction for students employed by schools for on-campus work.—
Hansi Lo Wang,
NPR,
8 Apr. 2026
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“Recruited.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/recruited. Accessed 14 Apr. 2026.
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