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
Its original conception was modernizing recruiting with AI and high-tech matching algorithms.
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Richard Nieva, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
That’s because Russo – who led FIU to 18 seasons of at least 20 wins and nine NCAA Tournament appearances – was a trail blazer in terms of an American basketball coach going full-scale into recruiting international players, especially from Eastern Europe.
—Walter Villa, Miami Herald, 3 Sep. 2025
However, the company appears to have publicly kept aspects of DEI that some legal experts believe could be less risky, including recruiting veterans and military spouses, supporting disabled workers, and its Neurodiversity Program, which was established in 2020.
—Kristen Parisi, Fortune, 29 Aug. 2025
Richard Rodriguez/Getty Images Video of their interaction resurface on social media, showing Love recruiting Parsons to join him in Green Bay.
—Michael Gallagher, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Aug. 2025
So Dykes has established his culture and spent three years recruiting, developing and cultivating this roster.
—Steven Johnson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 29 Aug. 2025
After college, Corso began his coaching career as an assistant at the University of Maryland, recruiting the first African American football player in the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC), Darryl Hill.
—Stephanie Gallman Jordan, Southern Living, 28 Aug. 2025
Ned works to revive the paper back to its glory days, recruiting the existing, wholly unequipped staff as reporters — including one recognizable accountant.
—EW.com, 27 Aug. 2025
Yes, recruiting others was a part of it.
—Kevin Collier, NBC news, 26 Aug. 2025
Richard Nieva, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
That’s because Russo – who led FIU to 18 seasons of at least 20 wins and nine NCAA Tournament appearances – was a trail blazer in terms of an American basketball coach going full-scale into recruiting international players, especially from Eastern Europe.
—Walter Villa, Miami Herald, 3 Sep. 2025
However, the company appears to have publicly kept aspects of DEI that some legal experts believe could be less risky, including recruiting veterans and military spouses, supporting disabled workers, and its Neurodiversity Program, which was established in 2020.
—Kristen Parisi, Fortune, 29 Aug. 2025
Richard Rodriguez/Getty Images Video of their interaction resurface on social media, showing Love recruiting Parsons to join him in Green Bay.
—Michael Gallagher, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Aug. 2025
So Dykes has established his culture and spent three years recruiting, developing and cultivating this roster.
—Steven Johnson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 29 Aug. 2025
After college, Corso began his coaching career as an assistant at the University of Maryland, recruiting the first African American football player in the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC), Darryl Hill.
—Stephanie Gallman Jordan, Southern Living, 28 Aug. 2025
Ned works to revive the paper back to its glory days, recruiting the existing, wholly unequipped staff as reporters — including one recognizable accountant.
—EW.com, 27 Aug. 2025
Yes, recruiting others was a part of it.
—Kevin Collier, NBC news, 26 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for recruiting
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This season could establish whether the Detroit Lions should have prioritized keeping Engstrand to replace Ben Johnson instead of hiring John Morton and letting Engstrand follow Aaron Glenn to the Jets.—
Mike Sando,
New York Times,
8 Sep. 2025
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Moving to a wage- or qualification-based system could dramatically alter hiring incentives.—
Robert Alexander,
MSNBC Newsweek,
7 Sep. 2025
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The battery park is a twin plant facility, with Kentucky 1 currently employing people.—
Olivia Evans,
USA Today,
26 Aug. 2025
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By employing huge tariffs, Uncle Sam is embracing a tax that’s virtually never been used at remotely this scale by any other major economy in recent history.—
Eleanor Pringle,
Fortune,
26 Aug. 2025
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“Recruiting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/recruiting. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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