as in to hire
to provide with a paying job
thousands of recent immigrants were recruited to build the nation's rail system
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as in apprentice
a person who is just starting out in a field of activity
the skydiving instructor and other experienced jumpers tried to encourage the new recruits on their first jump
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Recent Examples of recruit
Bloomberg, Mercury News, 12 June 2025
Russian intelligence also attempted to recruit Polish citizens via the dark web, offering payments in exchange for spreading pro-Russian propaganda.
—Lidia Kurasinska, Forbes.com, 11 June 2025
Nick Romano, EW.com, 11 June 2025
Everton’s budget for the start of 2024-25 ranked the lowest in the Women’s Super League (WSL), with all seven summer recruits arriving on free transfers.
—Megan Feringa, New York Times, 9 June 2025
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Verb
Meta has also recruited Johan Schalkwyk, a machine learning lead at AI voice startup Sesame AI Inc., other people said.
—Bloomberg, Mercury News, 12 June 2025
Russian intelligence also attempted to recruit Polish citizens via the dark web, offering payments in exchange for spreading pro-Russian propaganda.
—Lidia Kurasinska, Forbes.com, 11 June 2025
Noun
The character will reappear in Peacemaker season 2, alongside Fillion's Guy and Sean Gunn's Maxwell Lord, who are all there to interview John Cena's titular character as a prospective Justice Gang recruit.
—Nick Romano, EW.com, 11 June 2025
Everton’s budget for the start of 2024-25 ranked the lowest in the Women’s Super League (WSL), with all seven summer recruits arriving on free transfers.
—Megan Feringa, New York Times, 9 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for recruit
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The team hired an investment bank to begin the process of selling a controlling interest in the club, according to an Earthquakes news release.—
Annika Merrilees,
Sacbee.com,
19 June 2025
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Burke learned that during those eight months alone, the daughter hired someone to come in, leave food for Kurt and change his litter.—
Liz O'Connell,
MSNBC Newsweek,
19 June 2025
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The main entry door features a custom graphic design element drawn from the archival Gordon Leaf mural pattern, which Wright commissioned his apprentice and secretary, Eugene Masselink, to create in 1956 for House Beautiful editor Elizabeth Gordon.—
Everett Potter,
Forbes.com,
9 June 2025
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The inside of the entry door showcases the Gordon Leaf Mural Wright prepared by Wright's apprentice and secretary Eugene Masselink, a theme mirrored in other areas throughout the interior.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
7 June 2025
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Becker and colleagues employed a Pavlov-like research design to figure out whether people can decouple the sensation of pain from the experience of that pain.—
Peter Ubel,
Forbes.com,
10 June 2025
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Instead, Lloyd employed a bare stage and an ensemble of actors dressed all in black.—
Jenelle Riley,
Variety,
9 June 2025
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The doctor will then train a hearing aid novice on how to insert, charge, and clean the aids and go over any lingering paperwork that needs to be dealt with.—
Christopher Null,
Wired News,
19 June 2025
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June 18, 2025 Another member of the 6 a.m. group, Toni Clapp moved to Fort Lauderdale 12 years ago as a hockey novice.—
Ben Crandell,
Sun Sentinel,
18 June 2025
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The freshman outfielder also paced the team with 18 steals.—
Adam Lichtenstein,
Sun Sentinel,
20 June 2025
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Announced during the Final Four of the NCAA men’s basketball Tournament in early April, that ban made headlines regarding then-Duke freshman Khaman Maluach, a native of South Sudan.—
Justin Williams,
New York Times,
19 June 2025
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Conversely, this set-up will help the newcomers into Antwerp to understand their role in the value chain.—
Gemma A. Williams,
Forbes.com,
10 June 2025
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This followed the biggest casting of them all, the three young leads, who will be played by newcomers Dominic McLaughlin (Harry Potter), Alastair Stout (Ron Weasley) and Arabella Stanton (Hermione Granger) in the HBO franchise that is set to run for a decade.—
Nellie Andreeva,
Deadline,
9 June 2025
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Wilton also offers a variety of beginner to advanced courses, along with plenty of easy decorating hacks on their social media.—
Karla Walsh,
Better Homes & Gardens,
7 June 2025
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There are benefits to the premium design here for beginners.—
Matt Morris,
Space.com,
6 June 2025
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The initial plan is to have Teel and Quero split time in their rookie seasons.—
Phil Rogers,
Forbes.com,
10 June 2025
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Before his rookie season was over, Pages was a World Series champion.—
Kevin Baxter,
Los Angeles Times,
9 June 2025
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“Recruit.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/recruit. Accessed 23 Jun. 2025.
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