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as in rented
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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as in employed
to provide with a paying job
the farm hires teenagers to pick blueberries in the summer
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Recent Examples of hired
Reuters reported Thursday that Comcast had hired bankers from Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley to sort through a potential bid for some of WBD’s assets.
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Rohan Goswami, semafor.com, 10 Nov. 2025
Investigations found the voicemails of public figures were hacked by journalists and private investigators hired by publications who worked on the assumption that few people changed the default voicemail access code their handset came with.
—Charlotte Reck, CNN Money, 9 Nov. 2025
When Bournemouth hired Iraola the following summer, Perez was invited to replace him but chose instead to accompany his pal to the Premier League.
—Dermot Corrigan, New York Times, 9 Nov. 2025
After her lies unraveled, Jennifer hired three hitmen to kill her parents in 2010.
—Jessica Sager, PEOPLE, 9 Nov. 2025
The killer often hired high school students for projects and took note of Piest’s work ethic and build.
—Stephanie Nolasco, FOXNews.com, 8 Nov. 2025
Interior designer Brigette Romanek, whose clients include Beyoncé and Gwyneth Paltrow, was hired to overhaul the space.
—Elycia Rubin, HollywoodReporter, 8 Nov. 2025
Since Cleveland hired DePodesta in January 2016, the Browns are 56-99-1.
—Patrick Saunders, Denver Post, 8 Nov. 2025
Liberty Hall, a PE sponsor focused exclusively on aerospace and defense, is a long-standing Houlihan Lokey client, and had hired Triago before the acquisition to lead a CV.
—Shawn Tully, Fortune, 1 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hired
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Poo-Pourri Pocket Toilet Spray 3-pack Last spring, my in-laws rented a passenger van and took us on a family trip, with all of us staying in the same Airbnb.—
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Dayton Martindale rented an Urban Communities apartment for about seven months starting in June 2022.—
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Student enrollment at Epic had swelled to 60,000 students in 2020-21, the first year of the coronavirus pandemic, and the school employed more than 1,600 teachers that year.—
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DeCristo, who is still employed by the university as an assistant professor in the American Studies Department, did not respond to a request for comment from Bee.—
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Upon arrival, officers found the injured man and woman, and the officers applied a tourniquet and recruited help from emergency medical personnel, per the release from PPB.—
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To help fill the gap, the research team relied on data from 27,670 adults in Sweden recruited to provide dietary data between 1991 and 1996.—
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Bell and Shepard were engaged at the time.—
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Sit up straight with your shoulders back, core engaged, and feet flat on the floor.—
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Extending mortgages to 50 years would increase total interest paid and slow the buildup of home equity, potentially trapping borrowers in debt for a lifetime.—
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David Letterman, who in 2002 hosted Warren Zevon‘s final television appearance before his death, paid tribute to his friend Saturday night with a lengthy induction speech at the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame that lasted several times as long as the musical salute by the Killers that followed.—
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“Hired.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hired. Accessed 12 Jan. 2026.
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