RECRUITMENT Synonyms: 44 Similar and Opposite Words

recruitment

noun

Definition of recruitment

as in retrieval

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as in employment

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Recent Examples of recruitment Users will be able to request information on security officers, informants or recruitment targets based on their name, date or place of birth, mother's name, code name and document type or number. — Arkansas Online, 30 Sep. 2026 The officer who made the recruitment unit recordings, Daniel Flores, is Latino. — Libor Jany, Los Angeles Times, 30 Sep. 2026 That creates a problem beyond recruitment, particularly as companies and states attempt to meet demand from major capital projects. — Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 30 Sep. 2026 Zelenskyy says that Moscow intends to increase recruitment for another battlefield push. — ABC News, 29 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for recruitment

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Noun

Brown went through several rounds of egg retrievals, each requiring injections, appointments, ultrasounds and blood work.

— Olivia LaBorde, AJC.com, 5 Oct. 2026
By filling in those gaps at the time of retrieval with the most likely possibility, your memory system can actually be quicker and be more flexible and work online in a timely manner.

— Allison Parshall, Scientific American, 3 Oct. 2026

Definition of retrieval

Noun

Fazio said that his private sector employment had nothing to do with his decision to vote in the state Senate against a high-profile bill that would prohibit Connecticut towns and state agencies from purchasing drones made in China and Russia.

— Christopher Keating, Hartford Courant, 4 Oct. 2026
That argument is particularly relevant in rural communities where the timber industry remains an important source of employment and revenue.

— Christiana Freitag, Chicago Tribune, 4 Oct. 2026

Definition of employment

Noun

When Layal’s younger brother faces enlistment, she is forced to reconnect with her estranged sister to save him.

— Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 23 Sep. 2026
The group claims that HIV treatment has improved in the decades since the military initially categorized HIV as a health problem that disqualifies someone from enlistment.

— Jack Birle, The Washington Examiner, 15 Sep. 2026

Definition of enlistment

Noun

Even though external factors can certainly act as triggers (namely, other people), the point of all of this is to guide you back inward toward a self-reclamation of some kind.

— Steph Koyfman, Condé Nast Traveler, 28 Sep. 2026
The county has failed to provide evidence that the quarry owner’s reclamation plan wouldn’t substantially interfere with animals’ movement, wrote Kim Freeburn, an environmental program manager with the department.

— Alex Wigglesworth, Los Angeles Times, 27 Sep. 2026

Definition of reclamation

Noun

Guys will make a mistake that will lead to busted assignments, penalties, big plays for the opponents, if not a touchdown.

— Omar Kelly, Miami Herald, 4 Oct. 2026
Earlier this year, Vollmann traveled to Cuba on assignment for Granta Magazine with his friend, Sacramento attorney Mark Merin.

— Graham Womack, Sacbee.com, 4 Oct. 2026

Definition of assignment

Noun

Recently, the sector has been affected by El Nino, which brings weak monsoons and dry weather, reducing yields and sucrose recovery.

— Priyanka Salve, CNBC, 8 Oct. 2026
His message to men dealing with low energy, slow recovery or lagging strength is practical.

— Samantha Agate, Kansas City Star, 8 Oct. 2026

Definition of recovery

Noun

Severe cases can push people to skip doctor’s appointments or abandon prescribed treatments.

— Samantha Agate, Charlotte Observer, 8 Oct. 2026
Of course, Carleton said, not every patient will want that, and people with aggressive disease may need every intense treatment, test, and appointment.

— Allessandra DiCorato, STAT, 8 Oct. 2026

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