SIGNED (UP OR ON) Synonyms: 37 Similar and Opposite Words

signed (up or on)

verb

Definition of signed (up or on)

past tense of sign (up or on)

as in employed

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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On average, 83 percent of IFM students are employed within one year of finishing their studies, Romatet said.

— Miles Socha, Footwear News, 2 Nov. 2026
Cooper said in a statement to CBS News Philadelphia that Check is no longer employed by the hospital.

— CBS Philadelphia, CBS News, 2 Nov. 2026

Definition of employed

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Dana Brown and Perry Minasian have been hired as senior advisers of amateur scouting to work alongside Braves president of baseball operations Alex Anthopoulos.

— Chad Bishop, AJC.com, 10 Nov. 2026
Families and local lawmakers have also been demanding an investigation into how Mohassib was hired by the Department of Education to be a teacher's aide at Public School 200.

— Christina Fan, CBS News, 10 Nov. 2026

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Guitarricadelafuente — who co-stars in the film alongside Milo Quifes and Carlos González — plays Sebastián, a young musician (trumpeter) forcibly recruited by Franco’s forces after surviving an attack during the Spanish Civil War.

— Franchesca Guim, Billboard, 5 Nov. 2026
Prosecutors said Clase, who had completed the fourth season of a $20 million, five-year contract, began providing information about his pitches to bettors in 2023 and recruited Ortiz into the scheme in 2025.

— ABC News, ABC News, 5 Nov. 2026

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