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noun

as in reemployment

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verb

present participle of rehire
as in hiring

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Recent Examples of rehiring
Noun
Penned by Simon Rich, Artificial centers around the controversial firing and subsequent rehiring of Altman by OpenAI’s board of directors within a span of five days in November 2023. — Glenn Garner, Deadline, 11 Oct. 2026 Organizations often lose critical skills, institutional knowledge, and context, finding that rehiring costs can exceed initial savings. — Rachel Wells, Forbes.com, 29 July 2026 The Chiefs’ offensive coordinator from 2018-22, Bieniemy has familiarity with Mahomes, who actually pushed the need for accountability ahead of his rehiring. — Kansas City Star, 10 Apr. 2026 Dean took aim at both the firings and the subsequent rehiring push, calling the cycle inefficient and costly. — Rena Rowe, The Washington Examiner, 25 Mar. 2026 John Casey, Google’s head of compensation, recently told employees in a meeting about the rehiring. — Jennifer Elias, CNBC, 19 Dec. 2025 The agreement also would guarantee rehiring and back pay for federal employees impacted by the shutdown. — Alia Shoaib, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Nov. 2025 His potential rehiring comes as current City Manager Jeff Barton prepares to retire in November, marking the end of a four-year stint in the role and a 25-year career at city hall. — Shawn Raymundo, AZCentral.com, 16 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for rehiring
  1. reemployment
  2. hiring
  3. rehire
  4. employing
  5. recruiting
  6. retaining
Noun
  • Employees who are not placed by June 30 would be added to a 39-month reemployment list, staff said.
    — Teresa Liu, Daily News, 18 Feb. 2026
  • Cruz also said Hill-Brodigan won’t be considered for reemployment at the school district.
    — Silas Morgan, The Orlando Sentinel, 6 Feb. 2026
Definition of reemployment
Verb
  • Facebook agreed to pay $14 million in 2021 to settle claims about its hiring practices.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 20 Oct. 2026
  • The more routine work that technology removes from that process, the more projects those teams can evaluate without hiring in proportion to demand.
    — Shiva Dhawan, Forbes.com, 20 Oct. 2026
Definition of hiring
Noun
  • On March 11, a Title IX decision maker recommended Haley's termination and deemed her ineligible for rehire.
    — Nicole Acosta, PEOPLE, 9 Apr. 2026
  • These were rehires following layoffs to reduce NOAA’s workforce by approximately 10%.
    — Jenny Goldsberry, The Washington Examiner, 8 July 2025
Definition of rehire
Verb
  • These are basically less privileged neighborhoods where the government is meant to show a greater focus on education by employing more teachers and so on.
    — Elektra Kotsoni, Vogue, 23 Oct. 2026
  • Ukraine has gotten very good at drone warfare, employing these little robots both in offensive and defensive capacities.
    — Mike Wall, Space.com, 22 Oct. 2026
Definition of employing
Verb
  • The company is currently recruiting for seasonal full- and part-time roles across its stores and distribution centers.
    — David Moin, Footwear News, 22 Oct. 2026
  • Hospitality, retail and tech are recruiting people who’ve already solved the problem banks are trying to solve, just in a different building.
    — Paul Davis, Forbes.com, 16 Oct. 2026
Definition of recruiting
Verb
  • On September 19, Miller’s forecast gave the Republicans an almost 36% chance of retaining control of the upper chamber.
    — Shawn Tully, Fortune, 24 Oct. 2026
  • Attias said the family decided in 2025 to finally open the Clark, later retaining OTH Hotels Resorts to manage it.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 23 Oct. 2026
Definition of retaining

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