hiring

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

STRONGEST

business contracting enrollment job recruitment service trade

STRONG

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

STRONGEST

fun unemployment

STRONG

avocation entertainment hobby pastime recreation surrender

WEAK

idleness inactivity misuse

Example Sentences

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Additionally, rate hikes could dampen hiring because businesses may not have as much access to easy credit.

From Barron's • Jun. 26, 2026

But at the time of hiring, identifying long-term employees is difficult.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 26, 2026

Additionally, rate hikes could dampen hiring because businesses may not have as much access to easy credit.

From Barron's • Jun. 26, 2026

Several outside factors that weighed on hiring last year—including fears of inflation or recession—aren’t having as great an influence this year, according to the recruiters surveyed.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 25, 2026

It was a circular process: one generation of lawyers hiring new lawyers whose life experience mirrored their own, leaving little room for diversity of any sort.

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama

hiring

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