recruit
Example Sentences
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With revenue sharing joining the fray, some teams have been able to recruit top transfers with various perks that were once impossible to imagine be available for women’s basketball players.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026
The NCAA’s hope is that letting colleges pay athletes directly will reduce the use of NIL money to recruit and pay athletes.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 29, 2026
Brockman had tried unsuccessfully to recruit Dario, along with another of his housemates, for OpenAI’s founding team when it launched in 2015.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 28, 2026
In November, Britain's domestic intelligence agency MI5 warned that China was using spies disguised as head-hunters to recruit parliamentarians, through LinkedIn among others.
From Barron's • Mar. 27, 2026
“If I do, you will know about it. I think you did well to recruit this boy. Look after him.”
From "The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage" by Philip Pullman
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.