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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One tactic she’s employed is seeking out new partnerships.—
Phil Wahba,
Fortune,
15 Oct. 2025 -
One essential difference between the drawings and the paintings is the tool employed for mark making.—
Grace Edquist,
Vogue,
15 Oct. 2025
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Franklin, who was hired in 2014 from Vanderbilt, performed a remarkable turnaround at the start of his tenure, lifting the Nittany Lions from post-scandal/NCAA consent decree purgatory to a surprise Big Ten championship in his third season.—
Stewart Mandel,
New York Times,
12 Oct. 2025
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Since the city hired a compliane officer, a role currently filled by Chris Elam, the number of recovery homes in the city has dropped from over 160 to 98 — with Elam only having to close a single house due to noncompliance.—
Keely Doll,
Louisville Courier Journal,
12 Oct. 2025
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Chelsea recruited heavily over the summer, which should ease the burden on Palmer.—
Cerys Jones,
New York Times,
15 Oct. 2025
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Her Filipino parents emigrated from big-city Manila to this tiny farming community of 2,000 people in the 1970s, when her father, a surgeon, was recruited to work there.—
NPR,
NPR,
15 Oct. 2025
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The couple began dating in 2017 and got engaged about two years later.—
Alyssa Davis,
PEOPLE,
19 Oct. 2025
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The couple revealed that they have been engaged since June in an Instagram post.—
Wesley Stenzel,
Entertainment Weekly,
17 Oct. 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 19 Oct. 2025.
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