reemploy

verb

Definition of reemploynext
as in to employ

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Recent Examples of reemploy Whitmer ordered the state’s Treasury Department to help reemploy fossil fuel workers who lose their jobs when carbon-intensive facilities close. — Abby Smith, Washington Examiner, 23 Sep. 2020
Recent Examples of Synonyms for reemploy
  1. employ
  2. rehire
  3. recruit
  4. hire
  5. job
  6. retain
  7. pay
  8. reengage
Verb
  • Professors of cultural studies, or history, or the arts, have long seen themselves as critics of institutions, including the universities that employ them.
    — Ian Bogost, The Atlantic, 30 Mar. 2025
  • The Conversation — The Trump administration’s firing and furloughing of tens of thousands of federal workers and contractors have obviously caused economic hardship for Americans employed in national parks, research labs and dozens of government agencies.
    — Jeffrey Anvari-Clark, CNN Money, 29 Mar. 2025
Definition of employ
Verb
  • On the federal workforce front, the White House is appealing orders from two federal judges forcing agencies to rehire thousands of probationary workers the Trump administration fired in its plan to reduce spending.
    — Axios, Axios, 22 Mar. 2025
  • Judges have ruled that the U.S. government must rehire aid workers and make overdue payments for aid already delivered by nongovernmental organizations, international agencies and private contractors.
    — Chen Reis, The Conversation, 21 Mar. 2025
Definition of rehire
Verb
  • Schwartz had recruited Dyer to drive him to and from the dentist's office.
    — Peter Van Sant, CBS News, 21 Mar. 2025
  • According to court records, Bluer, who was 31 at the time, recruited a 19-year-old and a 12-year-old to spray paint racist symbols on the church.
    — Natalie Demaree, Kansas City Star, 21 Mar. 2025
Definition of recruit
Verb
  • Maryland will hire a new athletic director, and that person will have the chance to decide what kind of department the state’s flagship university should have.
    — Childs Walker, Baltimore Sun, 28 Mar. 2025
  • But the new law does not designate any money to immediately hire more investigators to probe potential problems.
    — Jessica Schreifels, ProPublica, 27 Mar. 2025
Definition of hire
Verb
  • The Lions got jobbed against the Cowboys, one hundred percent.
    — Mike Lupica, New York Daily News, 6 Jan. 2024
  • The first is the real Shakespeare of 16th century London, a a commercially-minded, jobbing playwright who worked closely with a company of actors.
    — Time, Time, 16 Aug. 2023
Definition of job
Verb
  • When Lampard was sacked 18 months later, replacement Tuchel insisted that Barry be retained after hearing about his work.
    — Simon Hughes, The Athletic, 23 Mar. 2025
  • Lower yields give more concentration, while the higher elevation, averaging around 500 feet, retains high acidity.
    — Cathrine Todd, Forbes, 23 Mar. 2025
Definition of retain
Verb
  • The organization has received several grants, and is now trying to raise funds to pay for staff.
    — Christine Ro, Forbes, 22 Mar. 2025
  • The Social Security Administration (SSA) will pay millions of Americans benefits next month.
    — Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 22 Mar. 2025
Definition of pay
Verb
  • In addition to hopes that retaliatory tariffs will encourage the U.S. to reengage in negotiations, the European Commission seeks recognition of the EU as a primary trade authority, rather than its member states.
    — Caitlin Babcock, The Christian Science Monitor, 14 Mar. 2025
  • Europe and its partners also need to reengage in the hard and unglamorous work of encouraging inclusive governance in Libya.
    — Hanna Notte, Foreign Affairs, 27 Feb. 2025
Definition of reengage

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“Reemploy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/reemploy. Accessed 4 Apr. 2025.

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