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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Milgrim, Overland Park, Kansas, was also employed by the Israeli Embassy.—
Alexandra Koch,
FOXNews.com,
5 Feb. 2026 -
Calvin Klein Collection, for its part, employed broad shoulders and extra-long cuts.—
Jake Henry Smith,
Glamour,
4 Feb. 2026
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Three years before the balcony collapse that severely injured 10 people, the condo's property manager hired engineers and contractors.—
Gillian Stawiszynski,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
7 Feb. 2026
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The brand also recently hired studio director Laura Herbst, who worked alongside the Finnish designer for over a decade and whose track record includes MM6, Céline and Maison Margiela.—
Sandra Salibian,
Footwear News,
6 Feb. 2026
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Recently, Tasic, a neuroscientist and genomicist at the Allen Institute for Brain Science, and her collaborators recruited artificial intelligence for the sorting and mapmaking effort.—
Amber Dance,
Quanta Magazine,
9 Feb. 2026
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In a statement, the FSB alleged that Korba was recruited, trained and sent to Russia by the SBU in August 2025.—
Yuliya Talmazan,
NBC news,
9 Feb. 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 11 Feb. 2026.
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