as in hired
to provide with a paying job
thousands of recent immigrants were recruited to build the nation's rail system
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Recent Examples of recruited
At the time, Wayne was an engineer at Atari when Jobs recruited him to help persuade Wozniak to take the leap and build a computer company.
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Preston Fore, Fortune, 27 Apr. 2026
Marketecture Media, a publishing and live event outfit that focuses on the nexus of media and technology, has recruited Jackelyn Keller to serve as chief commercial officer as the company looks to scale its business events and content operations.
—William Earl, Variety, 27 Apr. 2026
Faced with the prospect of deciding between Urlacher, a late bloomer in high school who almost wasn’t recruited before becoming a college All-American, and Michigan State receiver Plaxico Burress, regarded throughout the NFL as gifted but immature, the Bears did not have to choose.
—Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 27 Apr. 2026
Woodley recounted her experience being recruited into Dan Fogelman’s enigmatic post-apocalyptic series.
—Scott Huver, Deadline, 26 Apr. 2026
Mora recruited Joly out of Iona Prep in New York.
—Parker Gabriel, Denver Post, 26 Apr. 2026
In 2014, Ben Sasse was a college president in Nebraska when he was recruited to run for Senate.
—Scott Pelley, CBS News, 26 Apr. 2026
That leaves Abel directly responsible for the 94% of the portfolio currently not handled by the other portfolio manager recruited by Buffett years ago, Ted Weschler.
—Alex Crippen, CNBC, 25 Apr. 2026
Johnson also wasn’t highly recruited at the major college level from his Minneapolis high school.
—Blair Kerkhoff, Kansas City Star, 25 Apr. 2026
Preston Fore, Fortune, 27 Apr. 2026
Marketecture Media, a publishing and live event outfit that focuses on the nexus of media and technology, has recruited Jackelyn Keller to serve as chief commercial officer as the company looks to scale its business events and content operations.
—William Earl, Variety, 27 Apr. 2026
Faced with the prospect of deciding between Urlacher, a late bloomer in high school who almost wasn’t recruited before becoming a college All-American, and Michigan State receiver Plaxico Burress, regarded throughout the NFL as gifted but immature, the Bears did not have to choose.
—Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 27 Apr. 2026
Woodley recounted her experience being recruited into Dan Fogelman’s enigmatic post-apocalyptic series.
—Scott Huver, Deadline, 26 Apr. 2026
Mora recruited Joly out of Iona Prep in New York.
—Parker Gabriel, Denver Post, 26 Apr. 2026
In 2014, Ben Sasse was a college president in Nebraska when he was recruited to run for Senate.
—Scott Pelley, CBS News, 26 Apr. 2026
That leaves Abel directly responsible for the 94% of the portfolio currently not handled by the other portfolio manager recruited by Buffett years ago, Ted Weschler.
—Alex Crippen, CNBC, 25 Apr. 2026
Johnson also wasn’t highly recruited at the major college level from his Minneapolis high school.
—Blair Kerkhoff, Kansas City Star, 25 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for recruited
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The industry first broke into my social circle, in Shanghai, in January, when a German filmmaker friend was hired to join a set in Xi’an, the ancient capital known for its terra-cotta warriors.—
Chang Che,
New Yorker,
25 Apr. 2026
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Connelly hired Booth away from Minnesota in 2017.—
Bennett Durando,
Denver Post,
25 Apr. 2026
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In 1908, the Haskell & Barker Car Company ranked as the most complete factory for the construction of freight cars in the United States and employed more men than any other manufacturing establishment in the state of Indiana.—
Philip Potempa,
Chicago Tribune,
29 Apr. 2026
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Papadimitriou noted that the whole shipping industry is trying to drum up exports from alternative regions to keep oil moving and, crucially, to stay employed.—
Henrik Pettersson,
CNN Money,
29 Apr. 2026
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