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)
Verb
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UCHealth, a health system based in Colorado that employs around 37,000 people, currently has dozens of job openings that have nothing to do with healthcare, ranging from accounts payable analyst to HVAC mechanic.—
Bryan Mena,
CNN Money,
14 June 2026 -
The car wash used to employ about 15 people.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
14 June 2026
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Auto manufacturers had to hire many more workers to keep up with the surge in demand.—
Rogé Karma,
The Atlantic,
11 June 2026
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According to El Confidencial, Laporta has hired an executive from Banco Sabadell - one of the largest banks in Catalonia and Spain - to become his new financial director.—
Tom Sanderson,
Forbes.com,
11 June 2026
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The company has 120 full-time staffers and is recruiting for 40 open roles across engineering, growth, and design.—
Emma Burleigh,
Fortune,
14 June 2026
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Both recruited their own undergraduate and graduate students, plus research assistants and technicians, for the large-scale project.—
Leslie Katz,
Forbes.com,
14 June 2026
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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 17 Jun. 2026.
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