RECRUITMENT Synonyms: 44 Similar and Opposite Words

recruitment

noun

Definition of recruitment

as in retrieval

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Relevance

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as in employment

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Recent Examples of recruitment The blueprint included the recruitment of mercenaries and exploiting the grievances of disaffected citizens, from religious fanatics and extremists to soccer fans. — Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 21 Oct. 2026 This marks the online giant’s first increase in holiday recruitment in three years. — Arthur Zaczkiewicz, Footwear News, 21 Oct. 2026 Instacart allows electronic applications for its standard job recruitment process. — ABC News, 20 Oct. 2026 Leikauf recommended Palmberg’s appointment but gave the county insufficient notice to complete a competitive recruitment process before his departure, according to a staff report. — Daniel Lempres, Sacbee.com, 20 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for recruitment

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Noun

After being diagnosed with a diminished ovarian reserve, Jung went through 15 egg retrievals and 5 embryo transfers before eventually giving birth at 43.

— Jessica Poitevien, Condé Nast Traveler, 21 Oct. 2026
As autonomous systems multiply, inconsistent context becomes a coordination problem—not merely a retrieval problem.

— Shekhar Iyer, Forbes.com, 20 Oct. 2026

Definition of retrieval

Noun

Those with high levels of hope had better later outcomes in health, education and employment.

— Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 24 Oct. 2026
The convergence of young people’s anger over education and employment, fears of authoritarianism, and concern for the sanctity of the vote poses a serious challenge to the Modi government.

— Asim Ali, Time, 24 Oct. 2026

Definition of employment

Noun

In a country where enlistment is mandatory for most Jewish men and women, these exemptions have always angered the broader public.

— Josef Federman, Los Angeles Times, 26 Oct. 2026
Financial literacy requirements need to be increased for high school graduation and admission to any American university as well as any trade school or enlistment in the United States military.

— Doug Wojcieszak, Washington Post, 5 Oct. 2026

Definition of enlistment

Noun

As the exhausting history of credit-card fraud and data breaches suggests, too many sites and merchants still don’t understand their assignment.

— Rob Pegoraro, Washington Post, 23 Oct. 2026
In September, Anthropic updated Claude to combine chat with Cowork and keep working on assignments after users closed their laptops.

— Wen Shao, Fortune, 23 Oct. 2026

Definition of assignment

Noun

That delayed Bickelhaupt’s recovery and forced additional surgical treatment, according to the suit.

— Zoey Thomas, Sun Sentinel, 29 Oct. 2026
Manish Kumar, a professor of civil, architectural and environmental engineering and chemical engineering at UT Austin, said the goal is to simplify the recovery of lithium from complex mixtures.

— Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 28 Oct. 2026

Definition of recovery

Noun

Alina Habba stepped down as New Jersey’s top federal prosecutor in December after an appeals court found her appointment unlawful.

— Brittny Mejia, Los Angeles Times, 28 Oct. 2026
Fleetwood boss Matt Lawlor is less than a year into his first senior managerial position, having been given the job on an interim basis in January before his appointment was made permanent in March.

— ABC News, ABC News, 28 Oct. 2026

Definition of appointment

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