- present participle of hire.
Example Sentences
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This will involve journals that require verification, hiring and tenure arrangements that reward exposition and checking, and collaborative practices for the verification of proofs.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 14, 2026
The company is addressing its supply-chain issues, recently hiring a chief supply-chain officer, Katherine Worthen, points out Capital Alpha Partners analyst Byron Callan.
From Barron's • Jun. 11, 2026
But about 18 months ago, Zapier started requiring hiring managers to have at least one live conversation with a reference before making an offer.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026
His teams tend to dramatically decline two or three seasons after his hiring.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026
But they’d learned the hard way that funerals were expensive, that hiring lawyers was even worse, that when you lost a loved one, it sucked your finances dry.
From "Anger Is a Gift" by Mark Oshiro
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