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recruit

[ri-kroot] / rɪˈkrut /




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After coming out of high school as a five-star recruit and spending two seasons starting at Nebraska, Raiola willingly accepted a demotion.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 27, 2026

Mr. Kiffin has backed down, but other coaches have also sought to recruit players from professional leagues.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026

He said there was a "big question mark" over whether there were enough people to teach technical and vocational subjects, with further education colleges already struggling to recruit.

From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2026

“It may be that fraudulent issuers are more likely to recruit celebrities.”

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 23, 2026

The man on the ground is a recruit.

From "All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel" by Erich Maria Remarque

The founders’ objectives are clear: reducing onboarding costs, human-resources expense and employee-failure rates, while shortening the time recruits reach productivity.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026

We did a big recruitment campaign, had over a thousand recruits.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 20, 2026

Insiders say their new recruits will be experienced, talented figures from outside politics.

From BBC ● Sep. 4, 2026

A group of transgender service members and prospective recruits challenged the policy under the Constitution’s guarantee of equal protection.

From Slate ● Sep. 1, 2026

“So if those Recruiters had managed to kidnap us,” Kate said, “Mr. Curtain would have made sure we didn’t remember it. That’s why special recruits aren’t scared.”

From "The Mysterious Benedict Society" by Trenton Lee Stewart

Dr. Randal Haworth was among the specialists creator Nely Galán recruited in 2003.

From Salon ● Oct. 1, 2026

Women are recruited to wash away the mud to reveal the nuggets of the precious metal, conceded Jacqueline Djangone, the head of the village women's association.

From Barron's ● Sep. 30, 2026

To drum up traffic, she recruited one of the tenants at Tiller Terrace to draw free henna tattoos.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026

At Mizzou, he has also recruited specialists to the Roy Blunt NextGen Precision Health building.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 24, 2026

Viola recruited three of the women to help her cook in the old stone kitchen in back of the house.

From "The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate" by Jacqueline Kelly

The Pentagon will work with five universities to establish a new corps of cadets that is intended to become a pipeline for recruiting young people for the military.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026

Li’s presence at the company could also be a boon for AMD’s credibility among AI researchers and therefore help with recruiting talent, Acree said.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 29, 2026

A delivery service offering meals to people in need has spoken about the challenges of recruiting new volunteers due to rising fuel costs.

From BBC ● Sep. 26, 2026

And though Mathis was ruled because of an injury, the Terrapins can turn to five-star edge Zion Elee, the highest ranked recruiting prospect in program history.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2026

“Don’t they allow you a budget for recruiting expenses?”

From "Native Son" by Richard Wright




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