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recruitment

[ri-kroot-muhnt] / rɪˈkrut mənt /


NOUN
enlistment
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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

But it sets no quotas and doesn’t forbid the recruitment of “white and Asian men already trained in the field.”

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 21, 2026

Given the Uruguay midfielder was likely to be sold this summer, it has added an extra layer of complication around United's recruitment plans.

From BBC Jul. 19, 2026

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

From Barron's Jul. 18, 2026

They were both taller than Max and his friends, and they moved with the same confidence as kids in the middle school recruitment videos Mom and Dad had watched with him.

From "The School for Whatnots" by Margaret Peterson Haddix

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

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

Last year BBC Panorama exposed the organisation's recruitments efforts in the UK.

From BBC Jul. 12, 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 Irving, Washington




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