signs (up or on)

verb

present tense third-person singular of sign (up or on)
as in employs
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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  1. employs
  2. hires
  3. recruits
Verb
  • Far from sounding preachy, the song employs Lafourcade’s serene vocal style and Santana’s soulful guitar as an invitation to reconcile.
    — Ernesto Lechner, Rolling Stone, 4 Nov. 2026
  • Florida authorities said two people were dead, including a suspect, after witnesses reported a shooting Wednesday at Citibank's sprawling business complex that employs thousands in the Tampa area.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 4 Nov. 2026
Definition of employs
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  • Accessibility Live hires hundreds of temporary seasonal employees to staff teams at large festivals like Coachella, EDC, and more recently Bonnaroo.
    — Maribeth Romslo, Rolling Stone, 1 Nov. 2026
  • Barclays links job cuts to AI; hires first-ever chief AI officer.
    — John Kell, Fortune, 28 Oct. 2026
Definition of hires
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  • Unprecedented interest Something seemed to change this year, said Erik Polyak, executive director of 314 Action, a political action committee that recruits, trains and helps Democrats with science, tech, engineering and math backgrounds get elected.
    — Jen Christensen, CNN Money, 1 Nov. 2026
  • Georgia recruits elite high school players, develops them, retains them and replaces them with more elite high school players.
    — Mike Bianchi, The Orlando Sentinel, 31 Oct. 2026
Definition of recruits
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“Signs (up or on).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/signs%20%28up%20or%20on%29. Accessed 8 Nov. 2026.

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