as in hiring
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 recruiting
Thompson School District is one of the districts recruiting.
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Jasmine Arenas, CBS News, 24 Jan. 2026
The state hired a recruiting agency to look for nurses, Skipper said, a strategy that worked well with security staff recruitment.
—John Hult, States Newsroom, 23 Jan. 2026
The school system is currently recruiting a new CEO, and this leader must clearly see the urgency of this moment from day one, because the future our students inherit is already under construction.
—Mujahid Muhammad, Baltimore Sun, 23 Jan. 2026
The forecasting process includes recruiting everyday people to send in their weather observations and hyper-local data.
—Phil Wahba, Fortune, 23 Jan. 2026
Organizations are cutting roles that don't deliver measurable impact while recruiting for positions critical to growth and competitive advantage.
—Kara Dennison, Forbes.com, 22 Jan. 2026
The French army noticed the Croats' fighting skills – and their fashion sense – recruiting many into elite cavalry regiments that would become known as the Royal Cravates.
—Kristina Kukolja, NPR, 21 Jan. 2026
Many right-wing populists, despite being secular, are successfully recruiting Christians to their cause.
—Peter Wehner, The Atlantic, 21 Jan. 2026
In December, a video was posted to Tanner’s TikTok account recruiting new people to join the Melanated People of Power movement.
—Rachel Monroe, New Yorker, 21 Jan. 2026
Jasmine Arenas, CBS News, 24 Jan. 2026
The state hired a recruiting agency to look for nurses, Skipper said, a strategy that worked well with security staff recruitment.
—John Hult, States Newsroom, 23 Jan. 2026
The school system is currently recruiting a new CEO, and this leader must clearly see the urgency of this moment from day one, because the future our students inherit is already under construction.
—Mujahid Muhammad, Baltimore Sun, 23 Jan. 2026
The forecasting process includes recruiting everyday people to send in their weather observations and hyper-local data.
—Phil Wahba, Fortune, 23 Jan. 2026
Organizations are cutting roles that don't deliver measurable impact while recruiting for positions critical to growth and competitive advantage.
—Kara Dennison, Forbes.com, 22 Jan. 2026
The French army noticed the Croats' fighting skills – and their fashion sense – recruiting many into elite cavalry regiments that would become known as the Royal Cravates.
—Kristina Kukolja, NPR, 21 Jan. 2026
Many right-wing populists, despite being secular, are successfully recruiting Christians to their cause.
—Peter Wehner, The Atlantic, 21 Jan. 2026
In December, a video was posted to Tanner’s TikTok account recruiting new people to join the Melanated People of Power movement.
—Rachel Monroe, New Yorker, 21 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for recruiting
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The same dynamic is now widely observed in universities, where hiring and professional advancement practices have produced increasingly uniform ideological cultures even without explicit political litmus tests.—
James Broughel,
Forbes.com,
30 Jan. 2026
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The Atlanta Falcons added the final piece to their new leadership team on Thursday night by hiring Ian Cunningham as general manager.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
30 Jan. 2026
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DigitalDefynd shared detailed observations on how the banking industry is employing AI.—
Gene Marks,
Forbes.com,
25 Jan. 2026
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The holding company operates more than 400 locations across nine states, employing more than 8,000 workers.—
Amy Wenk,
AJC.com,
23 Jan. 2026
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“Recruiting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/recruiting. Accessed 3 Feb. 2026.
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