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hire

[hahyuhr] / haɪər /


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“The executive pay initiative would, I hope, be used to hire staff and to actually provide better resources for our patients,” he said.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026

Practically every major industry is desperate to hire more skilled workers.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 8, 2026

It was among the first bands to hire Bill Whitten to create costumes mixing the iconography of ancient Egypt with Afrofuturism.

From Salon • Jun. 7, 2026

Matchroom chairman Eddie Hearn claimed "the cost of hire, the cost of everything involved with the event is three times nearly more than staging it at Wembley Stadium".

From BBC • Jun. 5, 2026

He says that next year when we move to Constantinople, he will expand his printing press and they will all work together and hire several new apprentices.

From "Across So Many Seas" by Ruth Behar




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