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HR

[eych-ahr] / ˈeɪtʃˈɑr /
NOUN
human resources
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"The world has gone mad," pharmacist and director of 24 HR Pharmacy, Sehar Shahid says.

From BBC Sep. 4, 2026

Your boss and co-workers seem like they are on your side, but you’ll want screenshots of messages and paper trails should she take her complaints to HR.

From MarketWatch Aug. 29, 2026

Shares of the HR software group are soaring.

From MarketWatch Aug. 13, 2026

Workday, the HR software provider, was the index’s top performing stock, jumping 18% after a report that the private-equity firm Silver Lake is in talks to take it private.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 13, 2026

As he talks, he makes a show of shifting his eyes to one of the handful of pre-party attendees, a pregnant woman named Kat who oversees HR for Burning Man.

From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel




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