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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DigitalDefynd shared detailed observations on how the banking industry is employing AI.—
Gene Marks,
Forbes.com,
25 Jan. 2026 -
The holding company operates more than 400 locations across nine states, employing more than 8,000 workers.—
Amy Wenk,
AJC.com,
23 Jan. 2026
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The irony is that many startups end up hiring earlier to manage the AI stack they were told would reduce headcount.—
Abdo Riani,
Forbes.com,
24 Jan. 2026
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In many restaurants, Nurdjaja explains, these offerings are an easy solution for dessert items even as the industry is hiring fewer and fewer dedicated pastry chefs.—
Charlie Kolodziej,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
23 Jan. 2026
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Thompson School District is one of the districts recruiting.—
Jasmine Arenas,
CBS News,
24 Jan. 2026
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The state hired a recruiting agency to look for nurses, Skipper said, a strategy that worked well with security staff recruitment.—
John Hult,
States Newsroom,
23 Jan. 2026
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While not everyone gets their wishes, those with no interest in taking on the deceptive — and challenging — role of a Traitor likely won't be chosen.—
Jordana Comiter,
PEOPLE,
9 Jan. 2026
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The figure of Achilles, a warrior who singlehandedly choked a river with dead enemies before taking on the river god himself, provided a model for Alexander the Great and persists in contemporary popular entertainment, political speech, and military culture in celebrations of shock and awe.—
Elizabeth D. Samet,
Foreign Affairs,
29 Oct. 2025
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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 29 Jan. 2026.
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