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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Hospital heals, and also employs With 750 workers, the hospital is the valley's largest employer.—
John Daley,
NPR,
22 June 2025 -
Together, education and health services employ a million people in the Commonwealth.—
Alan M. Leventhal,
Boston Herald,
22 June 2025
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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 filmmaker hatched the idea after reading an article about gay rehabilitation centers and recruited Brian Wayne Peterson to write the script.—
Ryan Gajewski,
HollywoodReporter,
15 June 2025
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Among them was a marathon sectional championship game against Lincoln-Way Central and Florida State recruit Lisabella Dimitrijevic.—
Tony Baranek,
Chicago Tribune,
15 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 30 Jun. 2025.
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