hiring

verb

present participle of hire
1
as in renting
to take or get the temporary use of (something) for a set sum the Youngs hired a limousine for their daughter's wedding

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2
as in recruiting
to provide with a paying job the farm hires teenagers to pick blueberries in the summer

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Recent Examples of hiring Fielder has made a career out of constructing elaborate social experiments, like building exact replicas of people’s homes and hiring actors to impersonate their loved ones on The Rehearsal. — Maxwell Adler, Vanity Fair, 27 Oct. 2026 That would begin the process of hiring an executive director, developing operational procedures and recruiting mental health professionals and other responders. — Chevall Pryce, Baltimore Sun, 27 Oct. 2026 Within healthcare, hiring was strongest for social assistance workers, or people who provide residential care and community support services. — Megan Cerullo, CBS News, 27 Oct. 2026 Hiring Plans’ Alignment With Demand Leaders should regularly test whether hiring plans match the timing and quality of anticipated demand. — Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 26 Oct. 2026 Facebook agreed to pay $14 million in 2021 to settle claims about its hiring practices. — ABC News, 20 Oct. 2026 Since early 2025, hiring of junior technical employees has fallen from 27% of all new hires to 9%, the company said. — Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 20 Oct. 2026 The riskiest part, for a company with universally stringent expectations, was hiring. — Gideon Lewis-Kraus, New Yorker, 19 Oct. 2026 In response, several sources said that many visitors to the city this week are hiring cars, and a few have canceled hotel reservations. — Devorah Lauter, ARTnews.com, 19 Oct. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hiring
  1. renting
  2. recruiting
  3. employing
Verb
  • Silverstein also suggests renting costumes by looking through websites like Facebook Marketplace, Depop and Poshmark.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 24 Oct. 2026
  • The curvaceous Road to Hana, which hugs Maui's northeastern shore around Haleakalā National Park, is one of the island's most memorable experiences, one that will make the hassle of renting a car worth it.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 Oct. 2026
Definition of renting
Verb
  • The company is currently recruiting for seasonal full- and part-time roles across its stores and distribution centers.
    — David Moin, Footwear News, 22 Oct. 2026
  • Hospitality, retail and tech are recruiting people who’ve already solved the problem banks are trying to solve, just in a different building.
    — Paul Davis, Forbes.com, 16 Oct. 2026
Definition of recruiting
Verb
  • These are basically less privileged neighborhoods where the government is meant to show a greater focus on education by employing more teachers and so on.
    — Elektra Kotsoni, Vogue, 23 Oct. 2026
  • Ukraine has gotten very good at drone warfare, employing these little robots both in offensive and defensive capacities.
    — Mike Wall, Space.com, 22 Oct. 2026
Definition of employing

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“Hiring.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hiring. Accessed 28 Oct. 2026.

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