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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This summer should be the kind that those in charge of recruitment enjoy, and will be a test for the club’s latest sporting director Richard Hughes.
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James Nalton, Forbes.com, 17 Apr. 2025
One of them, Independence High football player Brian Crowder, announced on social media Wednesday afternoon that his recruitment is open again.
—Steve Lyttle, Charlotte Observer, 17 Apr. 2025
Pamela Derby, the executive recruitment manager for CPS HR Consulting, said last month that the new city manager will likely start in October.
—Mathew Miranda, Sacbee.com, 16 Apr. 2025
Many students wanted the school to protest by ending military recruitment on campus, but a federal law conditioned the receipt of funding on military access.
—Jeannie Suk Gersen, New Yorker, 15 Apr. 2025
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James Nalton, Forbes.com, 17 Apr. 2025
One of them, Independence High football player Brian Crowder, announced on social media Wednesday afternoon that his recruitment is open again.
—Steve Lyttle, Charlotte Observer, 17 Apr. 2025
Pamela Derby, the executive recruitment manager for CPS HR Consulting, said last month that the new city manager will likely start in October.
—Mathew Miranda, Sacbee.com, 16 Apr. 2025
Many students wanted the school to protest by ending military recruitment on campus, but a federal law conditioned the receipt of funding on military access.
—Jeannie Suk Gersen, New Yorker, 15 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for recruitment
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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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