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recruitment

[ri-kroot-muhnt] / rɪˈkrut mənt /


NOUN
enlistment
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In the 1980s there was a collapse in the number of eels arriving - what scientists call recruitment - at freshwater bodies in Europe.

From BBC Jul. 27, 2026

Valdez saw that pointed, raw satire was not only necessary but a recruitment tool for the fight.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 24, 2026

In one exchange from July 2014, Siad compared himself to a fisherman as he describes his recruitment activities.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 22, 2026

Several countries in southern Africa have also reported the recruitment of their nationals.

From Barron's Jul. 18, 2026

Zoya Malkova and two of her friends visited the local military recruitment officer at least three times, begging him to assign them to combat duty.

From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein

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

In spite of the obvious failure of the autumnal campaign, the cause of the knighthood did not by any means look irretrievably desperate, since there was always the possibility of successful recruitments the following spring.

From German Culture Past and Present by Bax, Ernest Belfort




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