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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
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 These experts believe that incidents of abrupt dismissal and rapid rehiring should be treated as warnings. — Marybeth Gasman, Forbes.com, 21 Jan. 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
  • Brands are hiring cautiously after layoffs and restructurings; rising graduate numbers are vastly outweighing entry-level job openings; and AI is rapidly reshaping hiring across industries.
    — Cami Fateh, Vogue, 15 July 2026
  • Martinez acknowledges hiring a crew to repair her wood-frame roof.
    — Larry Seward, CBS News, 14 July 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
  • The companies said the NSMV program helped transform the facility from a largely dormant shipyard employing only a few dozen workers into a site with more than 2,000 production workers.
    — Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 18 July 2026
  • In a paper published this month in PLOS One, Alaei and her colleagues propose an alternative - employing a suite of superworms, a kind of hefty beetle larva that can capably pick a variety of animal skeletons clean.
    — Ari Daniel, NPR, 17 July 2026
Definition of employing
Verb
  • Ezell was integral in recruiting him out of James Clemens High School in Madison, Alabama.
    — Noah Vinsky July 17, Charlotte Observer, 17 July 2026
  • Candidates hoping to replace Platner have been recruiting delegates who will vote for them at the convention.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 17 July 2026
Definition of recruiting
Verb
  • Graham would no doubt argue that this is a reasonable price to pay for retaining the ability to convince a President.
    — Ruth Marcus, New Yorker, 12 July 2026
  • Iran insists on retaining control over shipping through the waterway and says vessels should instead use routes through its own territorial waters.
    — Rhea Mogul, CNN Money, 11 July 2026
Definition of retaining

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