recruitment
noun
re·cruit·ment
ri-ˈkrüt-mənt 
1
: the action or process of recruiting
2
: the process of adding new individuals to a population or subpopulation (as of breeding or legally catchable individuals) by growth, reproduction, immigration, and stocking
also
: a measure (as in numbers or biomass) of recruitment
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The Bears were involved in his recruitment out of high school, partially because his father played at the school.
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Noah White, Miami Herald, 26 Dec. 2025
Today, the Hundred Club’s active membership is aging, and the organization has launched an aggressive recruitment campaign to encourage police officers and firefighters — and anyone else interested in the mission — to join the Hundred Club.
—Lance Reynolds, Boston Herald, 24 Dec. 2025
The visa fees will shape hiring efforts, but affect some jobs and companies more than others, said Alexis DuFresne, founder of recruiting firm Archer Search Partners, which specializes in recruitment for alternative financial asset managers.
—Bloomberg, Mercury News, 24 Dec. 2025
In an exclusive interview with ABC News, Banks said the key provision has national security, recruitment, and retention implications.
—Arthur Jones Ii, ABC News, 19 Dec. 2025
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Noah White, Miami Herald, 26 Dec. 2025
Today, the Hundred Club’s active membership is aging, and the organization has launched an aggressive recruitment campaign to encourage police officers and firefighters — and anyone else interested in the mission — to join the Hundred Club.
—Lance Reynolds, Boston Herald, 24 Dec. 2025
The visa fees will shape hiring efforts, but affect some jobs and companies more than others, said Alexis DuFresne, founder of recruiting firm Archer Search Partners, which specializes in recruitment for alternative financial asset managers.
—Bloomberg, Mercury News, 24 Dec. 2025
In an exclusive interview with ABC News, Banks said the key provision has national security, recruitment, and retention implications.
—Arthur Jones Ii, ABC News, 19 Dec. 2025
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recruitment
noun
re·cruit·ment
ri-ˈkrüt-mənt
1
: the increase in intensity of a reflex when the initiating stimulus is prolonged without alteration of intensity due to the activation of increasing numbers of motor neurons compare reinforcement
2
: an abnormally rapid increase in the sensation of loudness with increasing sound intensity that occurs in deafness of neural origin and especially in neural deafness of the aged in which soft sounds may be completely inaudible while louder sounds are distressingly loud
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