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
Mack was also charged with recruiting young college students (particularly women) and attempting to persuade other celebrities (such as Beverley Mitchell, Emma Watson and Kelly Clarkson) to join Nxivm.
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Lynsey Eidell, PEOPLE, 9 May 2026
After the unremarkable Chip Kelly recruiting era, which begat a slight bump under DeShaun Foster, what first-year coach Bob Chesney has done, before coaching a game, has been downright remarkable.
—Jon Wilner, Mercury News, 9 May 2026
And that is recruiting sources who are not necessarily the best people in terms of their character.
—Stephanie Nolasco, FOXNews.com, 9 May 2026
Additionally, nursing schools need to continue recruiting and positioning more male faculty to teach in prerequisite courses and engage with male students early on in their training.
—Nicholas A. Giordano, STAT, 8 May 2026
In early 2021, Metelus began recruiting customers and others to apply for federal Paycheck Protection Program loans, known as PPP loans, according to a factual proffer, the facts agreed on by the defense and prosecution.
—Angie Dimichele, Sun Sentinel, 8 May 2026
The research team is also actively recruiting additional volunteers who lost vision in adulthood but had prior normal sight for at least the first decade of life.
—Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 7 May 2026
The teens were also said to have been involved in online groups recruiting fighters for IS militants in Syria and shared a fascination with violence and hatred against Jews, LGBTQ+ people and others, officials said.
—ABC News, 28 Apr. 2026
Uldricks said his role as GOP chair includes recruiting good people to run for office.
—Doug Ross, Chicago Tribune, 26 Apr. 2026
Lynsey Eidell, PEOPLE, 9 May 2026
After the unremarkable Chip Kelly recruiting era, which begat a slight bump under DeShaun Foster, what first-year coach Bob Chesney has done, before coaching a game, has been downright remarkable.
—Jon Wilner, Mercury News, 9 May 2026
And that is recruiting sources who are not necessarily the best people in terms of their character.
—Stephanie Nolasco, FOXNews.com, 9 May 2026
Additionally, nursing schools need to continue recruiting and positioning more male faculty to teach in prerequisite courses and engage with male students early on in their training.
—Nicholas A. Giordano, STAT, 8 May 2026
In early 2021, Metelus began recruiting customers and others to apply for federal Paycheck Protection Program loans, known as PPP loans, according to a factual proffer, the facts agreed on by the defense and prosecution.
—Angie Dimichele, Sun Sentinel, 8 May 2026
The research team is also actively recruiting additional volunteers who lost vision in adulthood but had prior normal sight for at least the first decade of life.
—Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 7 May 2026
The teens were also said to have been involved in online groups recruiting fighters for IS militants in Syria and shared a fascination with violence and hatred against Jews, LGBTQ+ people and others, officials said.
—ABC News, 28 Apr. 2026
Uldricks said his role as GOP chair includes recruiting good people to run for office.
—Doug Ross, Chicago Tribune, 26 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for recruiting
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At a raucous commission meeting Tuesday, City Manager Rickelle Williams faced a storm of withering accusations in her initial job evaluation — mostly from Mayor Dean Trantalis, who eagerly supported hiring Williams last year but now scorns her in public.—
Sun Sentinel Editorial Board,
Sun Sentinel,
8 May 2026
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Last year, Scott clashed with Wyrick over the hiring process for a new city manager to replace Moore, who died in October 2023.—
Joseph Flaherty,
Arkansas Online,
8 May 2026
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Militant Islamist groups, such as Hezbollah, Hamas, and ISIS, have demonstrated increasing sophistication in their use of UAVs, employing them not only for reconnaissance but also for complex attack operations.—
Encyclopedia Britannica,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
8 May 2026
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However, a different metric from ADP that tracks slightly larger businesses (those employing between one and 19 people) finds an increase of 526,000 jobs last year.—
Matt Egan,
CNN Money,
7 May 2026
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“Recruiting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/recruiting. Accessed 14 May. 2026.
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