as in to employ
to provide with a paying job
the sports shoe company recently signed up the nation's top female college basketball player to plug its products
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Verb
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Even high productivity numbers may not be enough to pay the government’s debts, and there will be many people unhappily and under-employed.—
Allison Schrager,
Twin Cities,
8 Mar. 2026 -
Our member companies employ roughly 800,000 people across the city.—
Steven Fulop,
New York Daily News,
8 Mar. 2026
Verb
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Are agents successfully hiring human beings?—
Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson,
semafor.com,
13 Mar. 2026
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Lucid laid off more people this year after laying off around 6,800 people in 2024 and hiring actor Timotheé Chalamet as a brand ambassador.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
13 Mar. 2026
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Even Self noted in his postgame radio interview that Saturday was the version of Peterson that KU recruited.—
Shreyas Laddha,
Kansas City Star,
8 Mar. 2026
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While working as a shopgirl, the young Evelyn is recruited as a studio model and soon catches the eye of the preeminent artists of the age.—
Danielle Parker,
CBS News,
8 Mar. 2026
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“Sign (up or on).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sign%20%28up%20or%20on%29. Accessed 13 Mar. 2026.
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