JOBBING Synonyms: 37 Similar and Opposite Words

jobbing

verb

Definition of jobbing

present participle of job

as in subcontracting

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Verb

To get around these requirements, some employers outsource to subcontracting firms.

— Laina Gustafson, Christian Science Monitor, 15 Oct. 2026
In 2024, Western intelligence officials started gathering evidence that gangs in Scandinavia were subcontracting local teen-agers to carry out Iranian directives.

— Cora Engelbrecht, New Yorker, 24 Aug. 2026

Definition of subcontracting

Verb

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

Definition of hiring

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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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

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Nelson authored Assembly Bill 2019, carried by Assemblymember Cottie Petrie-Norris, which established a state goal of awarding at least 25% of procurement and contracting opportunities to small businesses and microbusinesses.

— Nicole Buss October 8, Sacbee.com, 8 Oct. 2026
At least 50 health workers have died after contracting the virus.

— ABC News, ABC News, 2 Oct. 2026

Definition of contracting

Verb

But Lamont says the consumers are actually paying less this year than last year due to the complicated nuances of the controversial public benefits charges.

— Christopher Keating, Hartford Courant, 28 Oct. 2026
And most of us are tired of paying for the playthings of millionaires and billionaires.

— Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 28 Oct. 2026

Definition of paying

Verb

On September 19, Miller’s forecast gave the Republicans an almost 36% chance of retaining control of the upper chamber.

— Shawn Tully, Fortune, 24 Oct. 2026
Attias said the family decided in 2025 to finally open the Clark, later retaining OTH Hotels Resorts to manage it.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 23 Oct. 2026

Definition of retaining

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