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 Popular brokerage firms, such as Century 21 and Coldwell Banker, also began embracing franchising, licensing their names to upstart brokers across the country and helping to drive recruitment of thousands of new salespeople. — Michael Waters, The Atlantic, 22 Aug. 2026 Ultimately, underperformance often signals leadership deficiencies, including poor recruitment and inadequate team management, rather than external market forces. — Bill Holmes, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2026 Everton replaced betting company Stake with financial services firm CMC Markets, while Brentford swapped Hollywoodbets for recruitment platform Indeed. — Tom Chitty, CNBC, 21 Aug. 2026 Overseeing full-service management of Network’s football roster, Cosgrove will champion contract negotiations, brand development and recruitment strategies. — Sportico Staff, Sportico.com, 21 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for recruitment

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Noun

Every prompt, retrieval, reasoning step and autonomous agent action consumes tokens that translate directly into cost.

— Daniel Fallmann, Forbes.com, 20 Aug. 2026
Simashev is excellent defensively and on retrievals and tilts the ice in his favor.

— Corey Pronman, New York Times, 18 Aug. 2026

Definition of retrieval

Noun

In fact, the breakeven rate of employment growth, or the number of net new jobs needed each month to keep the unemployment rate steady, actually went slightly negative during the summer and fall of 2025.

— Jason Ma, Fortune, 30 Aug. 2026
The proposal is part of Gates’ broader warning that governments need to prepare now for dramatic changes to employment brought on by AI.

— Toria Sheffield, PEOPLE, 29 Aug. 2026

Definition of employment

Noun

The frigate also carried out replenishment exercises at sea, helicopter take-off and landing drills and damage-control training designed to prepare its crew for emergencies during combat.

— Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 24 Aug. 2026
The same multi-tier, often sole-source networks that hinder rapid replenishment of systems like Tomahawk and Patriot missiles also underpin consumer electronics, appliances, private-label hardware, and specialized components.

— Dennis Mitzner, Forbes.com, 20 Aug. 2026

Definition of replenishment

Noun

In his first enlistment in the infantry, Capers stormed a beach south of Beirut, Lebanon, in 1958, with 2nd Battalion, 2nd Marines.

— Ethan Rocke, Charlotte Observer, 20 Aug. 2026
Grammys be damned—BTS released one of the best albums of the year in Arirang, their 10th studio album and first since the seven members completed their mandatory military enlistment in their native South Korea.

— Vogue, Vogue, 14 Aug. 2026

Definition of enlistment

Noun

James’ melodies seem to materialize and unspool, an unforced reclamation of the mystery that once permeated his writing.

— Ryan Leas, Pitchfork, 28 Aug. 2026
The Sioux Falls regional water reclamation facility, which transports and treats wastewater from the city and surrounding communities is receiving $81 million in the budget.

— Gabriel Brito, Sioux Falls Argus Leader, 28 Aug. 2026

Definition of reclamation

Noun

At least one of those pieces is expected to be infielder Josh Smith, who rejoined Toronto on Sunday after a brief rehab assignment.

— Mitch Bannon, New York Times, 31 Aug. 2026
Elwood’s assignment in Vegas in September 2009 was to keep the younger Gadhafi’s name out of the headlines.

— Rob Picheta, CNN Money, 30 Aug. 2026

Definition of assignment

Noun

The announcement followed Tilbury’s 2022 appointment as the trust’s ambassador for enterprise and coincided with its 50th anniversary gala, held in New York.

— Kaleigh Werner, Footwear News, 26 Aug. 2026
He was then succeeded by Jorg Schmadtke a year later, who was employed on a short-term basis ahead of Richard Hughes’s appointment in 2024.

— Sebastian Stafford-Bloor, New York Times, 26 Aug. 2026

Definition of appointment

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