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
Those actions include recruiting an associate vice chancellor for campus and community safety, establishing an Initiative to Combat Antisemitism with dedicated resources and reorganizing the university’s Office of Civil Rights, according to Frenk.
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City News Service, Daily News, 11 Mar. 2026
OpenClaw founder Peter Steinberger recently joined OpenAI, adding another example of large companies recruiting developers behind emerging AI tools.
—Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 10 Mar. 2026
Many of the objections to the bill focused on how instituting such a law would only handicap Idaho schools in recruiting and lead to a lesser product on fields of play.
—Shaun Goodwin, Idaho Statesman, 10 Mar. 2026
Smith and other fixers are accused of recruiting and bribing players to underperform in games so that their team failed to cover spreads.
—Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 9 Mar. 2026
The parade is a year-long effort, from recruiting entries and sponsors to working with Naperville North and Central high schools and the city’s public works, fire and police departments, Janor said.
—Annie Alleman, Chicago Tribune, 9 Mar. 2026
Some assistants are focused on recruiting with little on-court duties while others are given more tactical responsibility.
—Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Mar. 2026
Tennessee also traded for Franklin-Myers' former Jets teammate Jermaine Johnson a week ago, and Johnson's set about not-so-subtly recruiting Franklin-Myers on Twitter since.
—Luca Evans, Denver Post, 9 Mar. 2026
So Collier and Stewart began recruiting players and investors while working on the format.
—J.j. Bailey, New York Times, 8 Mar. 2026
City News Service, Daily News, 11 Mar. 2026
OpenClaw founder Peter Steinberger recently joined OpenAI, adding another example of large companies recruiting developers behind emerging AI tools.
—Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 10 Mar. 2026
Many of the objections to the bill focused on how instituting such a law would only handicap Idaho schools in recruiting and lead to a lesser product on fields of play.
—Shaun Goodwin, Idaho Statesman, 10 Mar. 2026
Smith and other fixers are accused of recruiting and bribing players to underperform in games so that their team failed to cover spreads.
—Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 9 Mar. 2026
The parade is a year-long effort, from recruiting entries and sponsors to working with Naperville North and Central high schools and the city’s public works, fire and police departments, Janor said.
—Annie Alleman, Chicago Tribune, 9 Mar. 2026
Some assistants are focused on recruiting with little on-court duties while others are given more tactical responsibility.
—Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Mar. 2026
Tennessee also traded for Franklin-Myers' former Jets teammate Jermaine Johnson a week ago, and Johnson's set about not-so-subtly recruiting Franklin-Myers on Twitter since.
—Luca Evans, Denver Post, 9 Mar. 2026
So Collier and Stewart began recruiting players and investors while working on the format.
—J.j. Bailey, New York Times, 8 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for recruiting
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Also lagging has been the kind of hiring expected from a growing economy, exacerbated by thousands of job cuts in Silicon Valley, which firms say have been prompted by artificial intelligence investment and disruption.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
13 Mar. 2026
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Are agents successfully hiring human beings?—
Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson,
semafor.com,
13 Mar. 2026
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Those lackluster results have come despite employing both Mike Trout and Shohei Ohtani, two of the best players of their generation.—
Matt Moret,
New York Times,
6 Mar. 2026
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And autonomous drones are on the frontlines in the Russia-Ukraine war, with both Russia and Ukraine employing some variation of autonomous technology.—
Jake Angelo,
Fortune,
3 Mar. 2026
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“Recruiting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/recruiting. Accessed 15 Mar. 2026.
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