as in to employ
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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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sign (up or on)
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According to data from the end of 2024, Stellantis currently employs approximately 34,000 people in Michigan, 75,000 nationwide and more than 248,000 globally.—
Liam Rappleye,
USA Today,
29 May 2025 -
As of March 2025, Burberry employed approximately 8,700 people, nearly 500 fewer than the 9,200 employed in 2024.—
Pamela N. Danziger,
Forbes.com,
29 May 2025
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These reductions have allowed businesses to create new jobs and hire more team members to the benefit of all Floridians.—
Scott Shalley,
Sun Sentinel,
26 May 2025
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That outlet said Hardin was hired as police chief for the roughly 1,600-peron town of Gateway near Arkansas’ border with Missouri in January 2016.—
Brian Niemietz,
New York Daily News,
26 May 2025
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One way, Park said, would be to have researchers recruit a large, representative sample of patients, measure their levels of exposure and follow them for years, perhaps until death.—
The New York Times News Service Syndicate,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
3 June 2025
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Over 400 adults with a diabetic foot ulcer that appeared closed or healed to the eye were recruited to the study.—
Paul McClure
June 02,
New Atlas,
2 June 2025
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“Sign (up or on).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sign%20%28up%20or%20on%29. Accessed 7 Jun. 2025.
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