SIGNING (UP OR ON) Synonyms: 37 Similar and Opposite Words

signing (up or on)

verb

present participle of sign (up or on)

as in employing

to provide with a paying job the sports shoe company recently signed up the nation's top female college basketball player to plug its products

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The case garnered national interest because Oregon's new law targets the loopholes large staffing firms have been employing to circumvent state corporate medicine laws.

— Alex Olgin, NPR, 3 July 2026
The metaphor of a ‘wall of separation’ At the same time, religious reformers were employing concepts of walls, hedges or other barriers to ensure that the secular and religious realms remained apart.

— Steven K. Green, The Conversation, 2 July 2026

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The invasion-of-privacy claim was also dismissed because state law doesn’t recognize claims based on the disclosure of private facts, and the employees had willingly provided their information to Bojangles as part of the hiring process.

— Chase Jordan July 7, Charlotte Observer, 7 July 2026
Just like hiring a new employee, AI requires strict instructions and examples of good and bad work.

— Tyler Dykstra, Forbes.com, 7 July 2026

Definition of hiring

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But many women who have become first lady of California and the nation have expressed misgivings about taking on such a role.

— Jenny Jarvie Follow, Los Angeles Times, 7 July 2026
Financial services have historically directed the investing conversation at men, even as moms are often the ones taking on the bulk of the research, planning, emotional labor and logistics of family life.

— Natalie Gordon, Fortune, 6 July 2026

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