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rehire

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verb

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Recent Examples of rehire
Noun
The Union-Tribune previously reported that Howard had Hobbs draft a settlement that would exonerate Hobbs of his disciplinary history, clearing the way for his rehire. Kristen Taketa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 June 2025 There were no specific figures as to how many of those rehires were for the Forest Service. Julia Gomez, USA Today, 27 Mar. 2025
Verb
Swedish fintech firm Klarna Group Plc had to rehire humans last year after its move to replace 700 customer service staff with AI led to a decline in quality. Parmy Olson, Mercury News, 24 Feb. 2026 In 46% of those cases, arbitrators ordered police agencies to rehire officers who had been fired. Milena Malaver, Miami Herald, 15 Feb. 2026 See All Example Sentences for rehire
Recent Examples of Synonyms for rehire
Noun
  • Employees who are not placed by June 30 would be added to a 39-month reemployment list, staff said.
    Teresa Liu, Daily News, 18 Feb. 2026
  • Cruz also said Hill-Brodigan won’t be considered for reemployment at the school district.
    Silas Morgan, The Orlando Sentinel, 6 Feb. 2026
Verb
  • The relationship healed after Howard was hired as Michigan’s basketball coach in 2019.
    Colleen Kane, Chicago Tribune, 3 Apr. 2026
  • The invader is a skillful art restorer, Lori Butler (Michaela Coel), who’s been hired by Julian’s greedy children, Barnaby (James Corden) and Sallie (Jessica Gunning), to work, or pose, as their father’s new assistant.
    Justin Chang, New Yorker, 3 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Dean took aim at both the firings and the subsequent rehiring push, calling the cycle inefficient and costly.
    Rena Rowe, The Washington Examiner, 25 Mar. 2026
  • On Monday afternoon, Kansas City Chiefs head coach Andy Reid met with reporters to discuss the rehiring of Eric Bieniemy as offensive coordinator.
    Pete Sweeney, Kansas City Star, 27 Jan. 2026
Verb
  • 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
Noun
  • While some appreciated the callback to the blue French horn, others felt the finale rushed through key character developments and reduced Tracy to a mere plot device.
    Jane LaCroix, PEOPLE, 31 Mar. 2026
  • Emails reveal Scotiabank’s CEO couldn’t reach Mayor Johnson to thank him for the company’s Dallas headquarters deal, forcing city staff to intervene before a callback.
    Dallas Morning News, Dallas Morning News, 27 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • Chalker was asked to come up with a plan to recruit other scientists, and began by reading old cable traffic about how the agency had handled Soviet defectors in the John le Carré days.
    David D. Kirkpatrick, New Yorker, 30 Mar. 2026
  • Last season, the Horned Frogs emphatically arrived with Campbell’s familiar ability to recruit and push the tempo and play fierce defense, to the tune of a 34-4 record and a trip to the Elite Eight.
    Joe Davidson, Sacbee.com, 28 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • The recall of 3,111,072 bottles began in early March.
    Kaan Ozcan, NBC news, 3 Apr. 2026
  • Republicans who backed the laughable and deservedly unsuccessful 2021 recall of Newsom won’t have a leg to stand on in blasting this as an undemocratic power play.
    U T Editorial Board, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • Chalker told me that his consulting firm, Global Risk Advisors, had once employed nearly two hundred people, almost all of them former military and intelligence officers.
    David D. Kirkpatrick, New Yorker, 30 Mar. 2026
  • His poems employ numbers significant to Dine (Navajo) thought and ways of life.
    Mary Ann Grossmann, Twin Cities, 29 Mar. 2026

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“Rehire.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rehire. Accessed 5 Apr. 2026.

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