RECRUITMENT Synonyms: 44 Similar and Opposite Words

recruitment

noun

Definition of recruitment

as in retrieval

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Relevance

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as in employment

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Recent Examples of recruitment Persistent bottlenecks include the complexity and daunting list of materials and the recruitment of skilled labor to build them. — Steven Beynon, ABC News, 15 Sep. 2026 This may be the biggest difference between undergraduate and adult recruitment, and the institution has to replace that energy and urgency. — Brian Hartnack, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2026 For South Korea’s chip giants, recruitment no longer begins after university, but in their bid to attract top talent and create a strong pipeline, the search begins in these contract departments. — Lim Hui Jie,miko Jang, CNBC, 15 Sep. 2026 Ole Miss offers scholarships ranging from $3,000 to $20,000 for non-resident students based on a sliding scale of combined GPA and test scores, and its student population reflects the recruitment. — Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 14 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for recruitment

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Noun

Structured Query Language, or SQL, applied the same principle to data retrieval.

— Boris Kontsevoi, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2026
There, in the first of two trips, Emilie underwent ovulation stimulation and egg retrieval.

— LJ Dawson, Miami Herald, 2 Sep. 2026

Definition of retrieval

Noun

The groups have staged attacks mainly targeting security forces and people from Punjab who travel to Balochistan for business or employment.

— ABC News, ABC News, 20 Sep. 2026
The precariousness of the job is a reason why the younger generation seeks out more reliable employment.

— Kamala Thiagarajan, NPR, 20 Sep. 2026

Definition of employment

Noun

Orange County Supervisor Katrina Foley said that sand replenishment is necessary in the area, including the LOSSAN Rail Corridor, to protect the coast.

— Dean Fioresi, CBS News, 9 Sep. 2026
The Ukrainian president again warned that Russian ballistic missiles pose a severe threat, with Ukrainian interceptor missile stocks thinning and replenishment from Kyiv's foreign partners slow.

— David Brennan, ABC News, 8 Sep. 2026

Definition of replenishment

Noun

The group claims that HIV treatment has improved in the decades since the military initially categorized HIV as a health problem that disqualifies someone from enlistment.

— Jack Birle, The Washington Examiner, 15 Sep. 2026
The rise in Hispanic enlistment is one of the most dramatic demographic shifts in the rank and file in a generation.

— Steven Beynon, ABC News, 14 Sep. 2026

Definition of enlistment

Noun

In 2018, following much clamoring by scientists, the Chinese government enacted strict restrictions on commercial land reclamation along its coast.

— Rivka Galchen, New Yorker, 14 Sep. 2026
There are games on four different days in Week 1, including a Super Bowl rematch, the debut of the new Super Team and a fallen dynasty in search of reclamation.

— J.J. Bailey, New York Times, 9 Sep. 2026

Definition of reclamation

Noun

When asked if the issues was personnel, in-experience, technique, assignment, discomfort, Tabor, who has been a special teams coordinator for five NFL teams over a 15-year period, brushed off the question.

— Omar Kelly, Miami Herald, 18 Sep. 2026
Urquidy, designated for assignment by the Chicago White Sox on Tuesday, was claimed off waivers Thursday.

— ABC News, ABC News, 18 Sep. 2026

Definition of assignment

Noun

Schlager has contributed 18 of those recoveries, with his midfield partner James McAtee having made 19, illustrating their nascent partnership.

— Paul Taylor, New York Times, 16 Sep. 2026
Ireland doesn’t shy away from the thornier aspects of recovery and the cruel ways that survivors can blame themselves.

— Patrick Ryan, USA Today, 16 Sep. 2026

Definition of recovery

Noun

These surrogates, mostly in their 20s and 30s, provide companionship rather than specialized medical care, visiting, chatting, helping clients set up smartphones or accompanying them to medical appointments.

— HUIYEE CHIEW AND LYRIC LI THE WASHINGTON POST, Arkansas Online, 16 Sep. 2026
Rådström became only the second woman to lead a company in the DAX 40 upon her appointment in 2024 and is one of only 43 women CEOs in the Fortune 500 Europe.

— Sam Forsdick, Fortune, 16 Sep. 2026

Definition of appointment

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