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
The Poquianchis recruited young girls from nearby towns and farms, deceiving families with false promises of work or abducting girls when alone.
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Isabella Wandermurem, Time, 10 Sep. 2025
His commitment to staying clean has always impressed Jimmy Fallon, who once headlined his own Clean Cut Comedy Tour before taking over The Tonight Show, and recruited Bargatze to join him.
—Lacey Rose, HollywoodReporter, 10 Sep. 2025
Nearly 100,000 officers were recruited to pound on doors and collect names, addresses, fingerprints and face-scans.
—Sheryl Estrada, Fortune, 9 Sep. 2025
How the study was done The researchers recruited 43 relatively healthy men between the ages of 20 and 35 and split them into groups.
—The Washington Post, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Sep. 2025
Directed by Michael Chaves and produced by James Wan and Peter Safran, Last Rites follows Ed and Lorraine as they are recruited by a Pennsylvania couple who asks for help with a violent presence in their home.
—Tommy McArdle, PEOPLE, 8 Sep. 2025
In the summer of 2015, when veteran auto executive John Krafcik was recruited to turn Google’s Self-Driving Car Project into a new business unit for Alphabet, cofounders Sergey Brin and Larry Page gave him an aspirational target.
—Alan Ohnsman, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
The study recruited 11 participants to test how drones could be integrated into emergency response.
—Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 8 Sep. 2025
Former Rangers goalkeeping coach Colin Stewart was recruited this summer as goalkeeper development and pathway lead — a key link between the academy and senior set-ups.
—James Pearce, New York Times, 4 Sep. 2025
Isabella Wandermurem, Time, 10 Sep. 2025
His commitment to staying clean has always impressed Jimmy Fallon, who once headlined his own Clean Cut Comedy Tour before taking over The Tonight Show, and recruited Bargatze to join him.
—Lacey Rose, HollywoodReporter, 10 Sep. 2025
Nearly 100,000 officers were recruited to pound on doors and collect names, addresses, fingerprints and face-scans.
—Sheryl Estrada, Fortune, 9 Sep. 2025
How the study was done The researchers recruited 43 relatively healthy men between the ages of 20 and 35 and split them into groups.
—The Washington Post, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Sep. 2025
Directed by Michael Chaves and produced by James Wan and Peter Safran, Last Rites follows Ed and Lorraine as they are recruited by a Pennsylvania couple who asks for help with a violent presence in their home.
—Tommy McArdle, PEOPLE, 8 Sep. 2025
In the summer of 2015, when veteran auto executive John Krafcik was recruited to turn Google’s Self-Driving Car Project into a new business unit for Alphabet, cofounders Sergey Brin and Larry Page gave him an aspirational target.
—Alan Ohnsman, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
The study recruited 11 participants to test how drones could be integrated into emergency response.
—Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 8 Sep. 2025
Former Rangers goalkeeping coach Colin Stewart was recruited this summer as goalkeeper development and pathway lead — a key link between the academy and senior set-ups.
—James Pearce, New York Times, 4 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for recruited
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Titan Protection Security was hired, but that didn’t bring the company much comfort since employees work in the building all hours of the day.—
PJ Green
September 14,
Kansas City Star,
14 Sep. 2025
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Masino was hired at Cracker Barrel in 2023 after holding top positions at Taco Bell and Starbucks’ smaller international divisions and as CEO of Sprinkles Cupcakes.—
Nathaniel Meyersohn,
CNN Money,
13 Sep. 2025
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This comes one day after the BLS said there were nearly 1 million fewer people employed for the year ended in March than previously reported as part of the agency’s annual revisions.—
Elisabeth Buchwald,
CNN Money,
10 Sep. 2025
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Russian and Ukrainian drones both routinely go off course due to electronic warfare measures employed by both sides.—
David Brennan,
ABC News,
10 Sep. 2025
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“Recruited.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/recruited. Accessed 15 Sep. 2025.
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