jobbed

verb

past tense of job
as in employed

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for jobbed
  1. employed
  2. hired
  3. paid
  4. recruited
  5. retained
  6. contracted
  7. engaged
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  • 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
  • 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
Definition of hired
Verb
  • 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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  • 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
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  • Some of its superconducting magnets will be retained for the new Electron-Ion Collider rather than discarded.
    — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 13 Oct. 2026
  • Consider healthcare, where certain records may need to be retained for years to meet regulatory requirements, even as the access model around them becomes outdated.
    — Nick Burling, Forbes.com, 13 Oct. 2026
Definition of retained
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  • The 24-hour strike involves employees contracted to work at Charlotte Douglas International Airport through ABM, a facility management company that provides services such as wheelchair assistance and cabin cleaning.
    — Charlotte Observer, Charlotte Observer, 14 Oct. 2026
  • The work attracted the attention of Q Studios’ Nick Newhard, who contracted Gray to work on level design for the late ’90s cult classic Blood.
    — Kyle Orland, ArsTechnica, 14 Oct. 2026
Definition of contracted
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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“Jobbed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/jobbed. Accessed 20 Oct. 2026.

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