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recruitment

[ri-kroot-muhnt] / rɪˈkrut mənt /


NOUN
enlistment
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One win, at home to newly-promoted Ipswich, means so many questions - around recruitment, team selection, substitutions, tactics and Carrick himself - will now start to be asked ahead of a huge week.

From BBC Sep. 14, 2026

Zimmer’s interest in expanding kosher dining options at Harvard and emphasizing Jewish day school recruitment drew from his family’s experience at Brown, said people familiar with the matter.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 11, 2026

Some former employees involved in recruitment said that Hill has at times taken photos of employees whose looks he didn’t like during store visits.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 10, 2026

The crime of human trafficking, as defined by the United Nations, involves the illegal recruitment, transportation or harbouring of people through fraud, deception or abuse of power.

From Barron's Sep. 10, 2026

Then in 1918, when colored men were being drafted, a few gave their address at the recruitment office as Doctor Street.

From "Song of Solomon" by Toni Morrison

This year, the agency has offered extra pay to help entice retirement-eligible controllers to stay on, while raising wages for early-career employees and stepping up recruitments to the air-traffic-controller academy.

From The Wall Street Journal Dec. 20, 2025

“When I got there, I saw banners advertising recruitments for the army. By then, I had spent so much time and money that I decided to join anyway,” he said.

From BBC Sep. 18, 2024

He built relationships by aiding players’ college recruitments — contacting coaches and driving players to colleges for camps and visits.

From Washington Post Sep. 9, 2022

Georgia has had a number of failed auto plant recruitments.

From Seattle Times Dec. 15, 2021

At one time, his force was reduced to five hundred men, and for two months, with all his recruitments of raw militia, did not exceed seven hundred.

From The Student's Life of Washington; Condensed from the Larger Work of Washington Irving For Young Persons and for the Use of Schools by Washington Irving




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