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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The new union deals also call for modest class-size reduction and the hiring of more counselors.

From Los Angeles Times • May 14, 2026

But some experts have suggested the technology is being used as a scapegoat for reducing headcount after a post-Covid hiring spree by many big corporates.

From BBC • May 14, 2026

But job postings in the information-technology and computer-science sector are up and recruiters say companies are hiring again.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 13, 2026

One commenter suggested hiring a professional stager to make the property look less “bland and cold.”

From MarketWatch • May 13, 2026

Lourdes does consider hiring a smuggler to bring the children but fears the danger.

From "Enrique's Journey" by Sonia Nazario

hiring

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