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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According to experts, Indian workers in the Gulf countries are mostly employed in oil services, construction, hospitality and retail sectors, industries particularly vulnerable to the disruption caused by Iranian attacks.—
Priyanka Salve,
CNBC,
5 Mar. 2026 -
Jack Horner, a renowned paleontologist who worked as a consultant on all seven films in the Jurassic Park franchise, is no longer employed as a lecturer at Chapman University, following his name appearing several times in the Epstein files.—
Ryan Coleman,
Entertainment Weekly,
4 Mar. 2026
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Our first glimpse of Tommy chained up, pleading to be let go, is through the eyes of a young Macedonian refugee, Katrina (Monika Frajczyk), being given a tour of the large countryside manor where she’s just been hired by Chris for twice-a-week housework.—
Robert Abele,
Los Angeles Times,
7 Mar. 2026
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The California financial investment giant PIMCO hired Blevins in 2019.—
Mark Curriden,
Dallas Morning News,
6 Mar. 2026
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Prior to being recruited at Paramount, Shell served as chairman of RedBird Sports & Media since February 2024; RedBird Capital Partners is backing Paramount’s WBD acquisition and was an investor in Skydance Media’s deal for Paramount Global.—
Gene Maddaus,
Variety,
9 Mar. 2026
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Weiss was recruited by Paramount Chief Executive David Ellison with a mandate to move CBS News to the political center.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
9 Mar. 2026
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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 10 Mar. 2026.
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