recruitment
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Definition of recruitment
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: 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
Examples of recruitment in a Sentence
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Duke head coach Mike Krzyzewski, for example, might be asked to detail the Blue Devils’ recruitment of Williamson. — Michael Mccann, SI.com, "What's Next in Zion Williamson's Extended Federal Lawsuit?," 22 Aug. 2019 With Jaquelin Roy now on board, LSU has a chance to sweep the recruitment of the top two defensive tackles in the class in Louisiana. — al, "The Southern 120: Counting down Nos. 11-30 of the South’s top Class of 2020 recruits," 21 Aug. 2019 Also Tuesday, the school board: • Heard an update about the recruitment of an equity and inclusion officer. — La Cañada Valley Sun, "Devil’s Gate hauling plan shifts to ease traffic at key times near LCHS," 14 Aug. 2019 Epstein even tried to get involved in the recruitment of models for Victoria's Secret's popular catalog, the Times reported. — Eric Levenson, CNN, "Who's who of Jeffrey Epstein's powerful friends, associates and possible co-conspirators," 12 Aug. 2019 Cortez added that the new contract will enable the Fire Department to compete with other agencies, allowing the department to overcome challenges associated with the recruitment and retention of firefighters. — David Hernandez, San Diego Union-Tribune, "Imperial Beach reaches agreement on new contract with fire union," 23 July 2019 As a consultant, White will advise Williams on the recruitment and retention of teachers, particularly in difficult-to-fill areas such as special education, math and science. — Liz Bowie, baltimoresun.com, "Baltimore County interim superintendent Verletta White, now demoted, will earn $232,700 consulting salary," 25 June 2019 The Anti-Defamation League has a guide for talking to kids about propaganda and recruitment, how to understand why those new online friends are being so nice. — Petula Dvorak, The Denver Post, "White supremacists are recruiting white teens online. Parents must stop them.," 18 Aug. 2019 The Anti-Defamation League has a guide for talking to kids about propaganda and recruitment, how to understand why those new online friends are being so nice. — Petula Dvorak, Washington Post, "White supremacists are recruiting white teens online. Parents must stop them.," 15 Aug. 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'recruitment.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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recruitment
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Medical Definition of recruitment
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: 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
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: 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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