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  • past tense form of hire.
  • past participle of hire.

hired

ADJECTIVE
contracted
Synonyms
Antonyms
STRONG


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The nadir came in September 2025, when the 160-year-old conglomerate hired its third CEO in just 13 months.

From Barron's • Jun. 10, 2026

I cut class short and shuffle quickly back to my faculty house just off campus, where we moved from Culver City after I was hired as a full-time lecturer.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 8, 2026

Large companies including Gap, Peloton, State Farm, Accenture and Reddit have all recently hired their first chief communications officers.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 8, 2026

Nauta said he hired his own teen children to clean his office twice a month.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 8, 2026

King George had hired eight thousand German soldiers to fight alongside the British.

From I Survived the American Revolution, 1776 by Lauren Tarshis




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