hiring

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retaining adj.
employment n.

ADJECTIVE

retaining

Synonyms

STRONG

accommodating arresting cherishing commemorating confining embracing employing engaging having holding keeping owning possessing preserving remembering reserving restraining saving securing seizing suppressing sustaining taking treasuring withholding working

WEAK

holding back

NOUN

employment

Synonyms

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business contracting enrollment job recruitment service trade

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assignment avocation awarding calling commissioning craft employ enlistment exercise exercising exertion field function game hire line mission number occupation office position post profession pursuit racket servicing setup situation thing using vocation work

WEAK

carrying engagement in activity application engaging métier occupying retaining signing on taking on what one is into

Antonyms

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fun unemployment

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avocation entertainment hobby pastime recreation surrender

WEAK

idleness inactivity misuse

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More recently, the company has restructured its marketing team, hiring Travis VanderZanden, founder of the e-scooter company Bird, as head of growth, VanderZanden wrote in a LinkedIn post Tuesday.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026

A Ministry of Justice spokesperson said "protecting the public is our top priority", adding it had invested in probation and hiring trainee officers.

From BBC ● Aug. 12, 2026

Confidence among U.S. small businesses rose in July as hiring plans improved.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 11, 2026

When USC announced it was hiring Patterson as Riley’s defensive coordinator in January, ears perked up across college football.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 9, 2026

The intercalation of the drug test between application and hiring tilts the playing field even further, establishing that you, and not the employer, are the one who has something to prove.

From "Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America" by Barbara Ehrenreich

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