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
Just two years earlier, Steve had handpicked and personally recruited John from PepsiCo.
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Geoffrey Cain, Vanity Fair, 11 May 2026
The School Board named Deputy Superintendent Howard Hepburn, whom Licata recruited from Palm Beach County, as Licata’s replacement.
—Scott Travis, Sun Sentinel, 9 May 2026
The meta inter-realm quality of Cage’s storyline is the best bit, as he’s recruited by Sonya and Raiden in the parking garage of a fan convention, but there’s not even enough of that.
—Katie Walsh, Boston Herald, 8 May 2026
Walker, who was recruited to lead Anonymous after 12 years of heading the Ford Foundation, asserts that Farhadi’s work is an inspiration.
—Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 8 May 2026
For prospective college players, attendance at such college camps is regarded as the best way to get recruited.
—Pj Green, Kansas City Star, 8 May 2026
Intriago, 63, also faced four additional counts related to shipping bulletproof vests to Haiti for about 20 former Colombian soldiers whom CTU recruited and sent to Port-au-Prince roughly a month before the killing.
—Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 8 May 2026
The findings, published Thursday in The Lancet Child & Adolescent Health, tracked outcomes from 237 pediatric patients who underwent a trauma laparotomy, recruited from 85 hospitals across 32 countries.
—O. Rose Broderick, STAT, 8 May 2026
Mario Cristobal has confidence in the players he’s recruited over the past few cycles and won’t be reluctant to play Cantwell (6-foot-8, 330) and fellow freshman Ben Congdon (6-foot-8, 305) together.
—Manny Navarro, New York Times, 7 May 2026
Geoffrey Cain, Vanity Fair, 11 May 2026
The School Board named Deputy Superintendent Howard Hepburn, whom Licata recruited from Palm Beach County, as Licata’s replacement.
—Scott Travis, Sun Sentinel, 9 May 2026
The meta inter-realm quality of Cage’s storyline is the best bit, as he’s recruited by Sonya and Raiden in the parking garage of a fan convention, but there’s not even enough of that.
—Katie Walsh, Boston Herald, 8 May 2026
Walker, who was recruited to lead Anonymous after 12 years of heading the Ford Foundation, asserts that Farhadi’s work is an inspiration.
—Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 8 May 2026
For prospective college players, attendance at such college camps is regarded as the best way to get recruited.
—Pj Green, Kansas City Star, 8 May 2026
Intriago, 63, also faced four additional counts related to shipping bulletproof vests to Haiti for about 20 former Colombian soldiers whom CTU recruited and sent to Port-au-Prince roughly a month before the killing.
—Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 8 May 2026
The findings, published Thursday in The Lancet Child & Adolescent Health, tracked outcomes from 237 pediatric patients who underwent a trauma laparotomy, recruited from 85 hospitals across 32 countries.
—O. Rose Broderick, STAT, 8 May 2026
Mario Cristobal has confidence in the players he’s recruited over the past few cycles and won’t be reluctant to play Cantwell (6-foot-8, 330) and fellow freshman Ben Congdon (6-foot-8, 305) together.
—Manny Navarro, New York Times, 7 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for recruited
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Malden Catholic has hired Arthur Staffiere as its next coach.—
Tyler McManus,
Boston Herald,
9 May 2026
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Varas had one more point to make about his phone conversation with Lozano soon after the coach had been hired.—
Tom Krasovic,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
9 May 2026
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Various engineers seeking superior grip performance have employed biomimicry in their designs, which have been inspired by seed pods, elephant trunks, lobster tails (in fact, using actual lobster tails), and, of course, octopus limbs.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
13 May 2026
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More than 50 young Made in Italy professionals have been trained in recent years, with more than 80 percent currently employed by OTB.—
Luisa Zargani,
Footwear News,
12 May 2026
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