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
Within six months of living in Houston with his uncle, Michael Strahan was recruited to play college football.
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ABC News,
4 July 2026
Novelo attended the San Francisco Art Institute and received his MFA from Stanford before Holberton recruited him to San Jose State.
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Sal Pizarro,
Mercury News,
4 July 2026
Mexicans faced mass deportation campaigns in the 1930s and 1950s, even as millions were recruited as temporary workers to fill agricultural jobs across the Southwest.
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Albert Sun,
New York Times,
2 July 2026
Ryan Gosling stars as Ryland Grace, a middle school science teacher recruited to go on an interstellar mission to discover the mystery behind a substance that causes the sun to die out.
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Tim Lammers,
Forbes.com,
1 July 2026
Student nurses were recruited to help with the work of keeping patients hydrated.
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John Leicester,
Los Angeles Times,
1 July 2026
Robinson also had health issues, had no criminal record and was recruited into the scheme by her closest friend of more than 30 years, Bell said.
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Nathan Pilling
july 1,
Kansas City Star,
1 July 2026
In the summer of 2025, she was being recruited by the (UC Davis) equestrian team to compete for them.
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Tarini Mehta,
Sacbee.com,
1 July 2026
With Davis’ contract experience, Schein recruited him at CBS.
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Dan Hyman,
Rolling Stone,
22 June 2026
ABC News,
4 July 2026
Novelo attended the San Francisco Art Institute and received his MFA from Stanford before Holberton recruited him to San Jose State.
—
Sal Pizarro,
Mercury News,
4 July 2026
Mexicans faced mass deportation campaigns in the 1930s and 1950s, even as millions were recruited as temporary workers to fill agricultural jobs across the Southwest.
—
Albert Sun,
New York Times,
2 July 2026
Ryan Gosling stars as Ryland Grace, a middle school science teacher recruited to go on an interstellar mission to discover the mystery behind a substance that causes the sun to die out.
—
Tim Lammers,
Forbes.com,
1 July 2026
Student nurses were recruited to help with the work of keeping patients hydrated.
—
John Leicester,
Los Angeles Times,
1 July 2026
Robinson also had health issues, had no criminal record and was recruited into the scheme by her closest friend of more than 30 years, Bell said.
—
Nathan Pilling
july 1,
Kansas City Star,
1 July 2026
In the summer of 2025, she was being recruited by the (UC Davis) equestrian team to compete for them.
—
Tarini Mehta,
Sacbee.com,
1 July 2026
With Davis’ contract experience, Schein recruited him at CBS.
—
Dan Hyman,
Rolling Stone,
22 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for recruited
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Non-Chinese managers were fired shortly after they had been hired and were replaced with Chinese managers, according to the complaint filed in a federal court in Los Angeles.
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Moore then won Super Bowl LIX as the offensive coordinator for the Philadelphia Eagles, and was hired shortly after as the head coach of the New Orleans Saints.
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As of Monday, Blue was no longer employed at the McDonald’s, and is being held at the Broward County Jail without bond, per NBC Miami.
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First, that Netanyahu will once again rely on the anti-Arab rhetoric that his party has employed for years.
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