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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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. 2019 As for his recruitment, Figgins is locked in to a future with the Ducks and intends to be in attendance for every home game this season. — oregonlive.com, "Seth Figgins, Oregon Ducks TE commit, set to enroll early, transfers to Sheldon," 9 Aug. 2019 With the exception of the extra police officers, where a new board run by the Home Office will oversee recruitment, the extra money has not been accompanied by reforms to how services are run. — The Economist, "Boris Johnson gets out his wallet," 8 Aug. 2019 If the only roadblock to better pay, higher recruitment, and lower teacher turnover was a college degree, then programs like the one started by Bright Horizons would be an easy fix. — Annabelle Timsit, Quartz, "America’s youngest kids need good teachers. Why is it so difficult to find them?," 29 July 2019 The federal National Science Foundation grant will focus on recruitment, retention and transfer. — Yvette Orozco, Houston Chronicle, "STEM grant to help San Jac recruit, aid minority students," 26 July 2019 Ideas include working with local colleges on recruitment, and to improve hiring and retention with financial incentives such as location bonuses, additional pay and tuition forgiveness. — Matt Stiles, Los Angeles Times, "Palmdale boy’s death prompts changes at child welfare agency. But questions remain," 24 July 2019 The Metro Council recently approved around $25 million in budget cuts, affecting police recruitment, pools and libraries, among other public resources. — Sarah Ladd, The Courier-Journal, "LMPD: Some Louisville schools to lose crossing guards," 24 July 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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More Definitions for recruitment
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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