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 the stand, Nash testified to Combs’ ill-treatment Fine during the years he was employed.—
DeMicia Inman,
VIBE.com,
24 Sep. 2025 -
Clarke has been employed with Broward County Public Schools since December 2024.—
Milena Malaver,
Miami Herald,
24 Sep. 2025
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In 2022, the Sun Sentinel reported former Pembroke Park Police Chief David Howard had hired several officers who were fired or forced out of their old jobs.—
Amanda Rosa,
Miami Herald,
20 Sep. 2025
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In addition, OpenAI has reportedly hired two dozen of Apple's former consumer hardware employees to assist with the devices.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
20 Sep. 2025
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Researchers recruited 12 dogs with no history of separation anxiety for the experiment.—
Jack Beresford,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 Sep. 2025
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The high school softball player, hoping to major in psychology, was recruited to the KU women’s rowing team.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
24 Sep. 2025
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Chopra, who starred as FBI agent Alex Parrish, got engaged to her husband, Jonas, just before Quantico's series finale.—
Jordana Comiter,
PEOPLE,
27 Sep. 2025
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The final episode saw Carly and Freddie get engaged, only to be interrupted by her mother, a figure shrouded in mystery throughout the original and reboot shows.—
Anna Kaufman,
USA Today,
25 Sep. 2025
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“Signed (up or on).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/signed%20%28up%20or%20on%29. Accessed 29 Sep. 2025.
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