as in employing
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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California is among the largest markets for freight trucking, employing more than 130,000 drivers.
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Though Olson had no defensive chances, the incident highlighted the extreme measures the Braves are employing to navigate their extensive injury woes and depth limitations this season.
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Mizuho Americas analyst Dan Dolev told the Journal that the majority of these cuts probably trace to a post-pandemic hiring correction rather than AI itself.
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An American brand can open a local Hong Kong dollar account, a Vietnamese dong account, or a Portuguese euro account without ever setting up a foreign legal entity, leasing an office or hiring a single local employee.
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Some teachers received more than $4,000 in bonuses for recruiting students for trips.
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Phase 3 Study 304 data in men is expected in the second half of 2026, and Phase 3 Study 306 in women is actively recruiting.
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There is less emphasis on taking on the creative burden himself.
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Old school computer gamers will be intimately familiar with the dungeon crawler genre, popularized by games like Wizardry and Eye of the Beholder, which involves moving in first-person on a grid, taking on monsters, finding treasure and delving deeper into a labyrinth.
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“Signing (up or on).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/signing%20%28up%20or%20on%29. Accessed 1 Jul. 2026.
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