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as in to rent
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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2
as in to employ
to provide with a paying job
the farm hires teenagers to pick blueberries in the summer
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as in employ
the state of being provided with a paying job
he spent most of his career in the hire of high-paying defense contractors
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2
as in salary
the money paid regularly to a person for labor or services
used to mow lawns for hire
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Recent Examples of hire
Silas Allen, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 19 Feb. 2025
In the fall of 2021, Spears hired Rosengart in an effort to remove her father, Jamie Spears, as her conservator — and to abolish her conservatorship altogether.
—Matt Robison, Newsweek, 19 Feb. 2025
Nicole Sganga, CBS News, 14 Feb. 2025
Foreign Service officers working for the agency overseas have been ordered to leave their posts and return to the United States this month, as part of a move putting the vast majority of direct hires on administrative leave.
—Karoun Demirjian, New York Times, 13 Feb. 2025
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Verb
The board did not hire a search firm to handle the hiring process, which is a step school boards typically take when looking to hire superintendents.
—Silas Allen, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 19 Feb. 2025
In the fall of 2021, Spears hired Rosengart in an effort to remove her father, Jamie Spears, as her conservator — and to abolish her conservatorship altogether.
—Matt Robison, Newsweek, 19 Feb. 2025
Noun
The Trump administration has moved aggressively to fire federal employees, most of them recent hires, in different agencies, including at the departments of Veterans Affairs and Education and the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and the U.S. Forest Service.
—Nicole Sganga, CBS News, 14 Feb. 2025
Foreign Service officers working for the agency overseas have been ordered to leave their posts and return to the United States this month, as part of a move putting the vast majority of direct hires on administrative leave.
—Karoun Demirjian, New York Times, 13 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hire
Verb
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Rent Rent is a small part of total household income but an important piece for people who rent out houses, apartments and commercial spaces.—
Paul Davidson,
USA TODAY,
25 Feb. 2025
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Logistical aspects such as renting terrace space to get the best camera angles of St. Peters’ Square in the event of a papal funeral — which draws a huge gathering of world leaders, prelates and ordinary Catholics — have long been taken care of, according to several sources.—
Nick Vivarelli,
Variety,
24 Feb. 2025
Verb
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Forest is made to enable programs that employ a quantum processor to provide traditional software new capabilities, similar to how a computer may have a graphics card.—
Chuck Brooks,
Forbes,
22 Feb. 2025
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His warp drive solution to general relativity employs a region of perfectly flat space.—
Paul Sutter,
Space.com,
22 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Federal civilian employment is not a major factor in federal spending and deficits.—
Edward Lotterman,
Twin Cities,
16 Feb. 2025
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With Juan Soto no longer under their employment, Stanton’s health and continued production are of the utmost importance to a lineup that is also banking on a few other former MVPs.—
Gary Phillips,
New York Daily News,
16 Feb. 2025
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In the category of salary percentage increase, ESADE weighed in with an impressive 173% increase over the average salary of an entering student.—
Dr. Marlena Corcoran,
Forbes,
20 Feb. 2025
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The price of each tender also rises with the salary cap each year.—
Mike Kaye,
Charlotte Observer,
20 Feb. 2025
Verb
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The first class of high school interns was recruited from a list of youth attendees at Harvard University’s 2024 Annual Global Health and Leadership Conference.—
Brianna Kamienski,
USA TODAY,
14 Feb. 2025
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With Alex Rider, the concept of a teenager being recruited to be a spy was pretty bold.—
Georg Szalai,
The Hollywood Reporter,
14 Feb. 2025
Noun
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The analysis found that all nations involved in a trade war experience a reduction in real wages, with farmers suffering the greatest losses on average.—
Jack Randall,
USA TODAY,
14 Feb. 2025
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From 2018 to 2022, individuals and organizations from blue states contributed nearly 60% of all federal tax receipts but only received 53% of all federal contributions to states in the form of either direct payments, grants, contracts, or wages.—
Jeffrey Sonnenfeld and Stephen Henriques,
TIME,
14 Feb. 2025
Verb
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Current customers would be precluded from paying for the additional power generated for new heavy users.—
Doug Ross,
Chicago Tribune,
14 Feb. 2025
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She was paid the same as other hosts at the time – $3,000 – and put up in the Marriott Essex House overlooking Central Park, according to articles published at the time.—
Sandra Gonzalez,
CNN,
14 Feb. 2025
Noun
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But one of the issues in the debate is that House Speaker Matt Ritter of Hartford — a key budget negotiator — has called for making highly visible tax relief that could come in the form of direct payments.—
Christopher Keating,
Hartford Courant,
18 Feb. 2025
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Before pursuing an eviction, CHA works with residents who are behind on rent by setting up payment plans, referring them to financial counseling and nonprofit legal services and searching for rental assistance funds, the authority said.—
Lizzie Kane,
Chicago Tribune,
18 Feb. 2025
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“Hire.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hire. Accessed 28 Feb. 2025.
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