hired

verb

past tense of hire
1
as in rented
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 employed
to provide with a paying job the farm hires teenagers to pick blueberries in the summer

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Recent Examples of hired Alejandro Diaz, whom Xuan hired as an eviction manager for his real estate firm, accused Xuan of trying to break down a tenant’s door in Apple Valley and using a Taser to shock another renter’s dog, according to the civil suit. — James Queally, Los Angeles Times, 13 Oct. 2026 By July, the side project turned into a full-time job when MLB hired Weingardt as a principal product manager to explore changes to its flagship app. — Jacob Feldman, Sportico.com, 13 Oct. 2026 At the time, corporations hired technical specialists to use mainframe computers to manage business functions like human resources and accounting. — Andrew Nusca, Fortune, 13 Oct. 2026 OpenAI hired Alfozan as an engineer in July 2025, according to the criminal complaint. — Joe Kottke, NBC news, 13 Oct. 2026 In March 2024, Mercurio was hired by the Event Center as a construction project manager to oversee three construction projects. — Tim Fang, CBS News, 13 Oct. 2026 The Heat hired Cole to serve as an assistant coach for its G League affiliate, the Sioux Falls Skyforce, this season. — Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 6 Oct. 2026 According to Katie Rodger, president of the union that represents UC lecturers, they are rarely hired into permanent faculty positions, meaning there is no strong pipeline between the two groups. — Tarini Mehta, Sacbee.com, 6 Oct. 2026 This wasn’t long after Cloonee, in a more jet-setting move, hired a company to come over and clean one of his cars. — Katie Bain, Billboard, 6 Oct. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hired
  1. rented
  2. employed
  3. recruited
  4. engaged
  5. paid
Verb
  • Detectives found out Lopez rented a car in Key Largo and drove out of town, Sheriff Rick Ramsay said.
    — David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 12 Oct. 2026
  • Wolf gathered up a group of friends, rented Airbnbs in Big Bear and Joshua Tree, and started drowning herself in Mud.
    — Selena Fragassi, SPIN, 12 Oct. 2026
Definition of rented
Verb
  • The base employed around 1,300 military and civilian personnel, including roughly 1,070 military members, according to October 2025 figures published by the Town of Wainwright.
    — Rebecca Schneid, Time, 18 Oct. 2026
  • And later, during the Art Deco era, design juggernauts such as Eileen Gray and Jean Dunand employed the finish in some of their most famous works.
    — Helena Madden, Robb Report, 18 Oct. 2026
Definition of employed
Verb
  • The canvas also included the logos of the Springfield Wildcats, Bel’s high-school soccer team, and the Wittenberg Tigers, the team of Wittenberg University, a private college that had recruited Bel to play.
    — Edwidge Danticat, New Yorker, 15 Oct. 2026
  • This reboot, directed by Kitao Sakurai and starring Noah Centineo and Andrew Koji, takes place in 1993 as two estranged fighters are recruited to enter a tournament that forces them to face off against each other.
    — Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 14 Oct. 2026
Definition of recruited
Verb
  • While Oniks cruise missile engaged a maritime target, and covered a distance of 105 miles.
    — Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 17 Oct. 2026
  • Mangianello claims to be currently recovered and is now engaged to influencer Caitlin O’Connor, 37.
    — Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 16 Oct. 2026
Definition of engaged
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  • The deal is reportedly worth $15 million a year, nearly four times what James is paid to play basketball for the Philadelphia 76ers.
    — Hannah Keyser, CNN Money, 18 Oct. 2026
  • Among the city’s top 15 earners, 11 were police officers and supervisors — all paid more than $245,000 per year.
    — Christopher Keating, Hartford Courant, 18 Oct. 2026
Definition of paid

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“Hired.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hired. Accessed 20 Oct. 2026.

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