enlisting

verb

Definition of enlistingnext
present participle of enlist
1
as in inducting

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2
as in employing

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for enlisting
  1. employing
  2. enrolling
  3. hiring
  4. retaining
  5. paying
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  • And criminal hackers and adversarial states are already employing AI and MI as instruments to identify and take advantage of flaws in threat detection frameworks.
    Chuck Brooks, Forbes, 24 Dec. 2024
  • This requires diverse and representative training datasets, employing bias detection and correction techniques and continuously monitoring AI outputs for unintended biases.
    Son Nguyen, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
Definition of employing
Verb
  • Fudd, who has been plagued with knee injuries since enrolling at UConn in 2021, suffered the injury during the Huskies’ blowout win over Louisville and missed the next three games.
    Ben Pickman, The Athletic, 22 Dec. 2024
  • King stayed abroad for a bit, enrolling in design school in Leicester, England, and later lived in Las Vegas, Nevada for many years.
    Olivia B. Waxman, TIME, 20 Dec. 2024
Definition of enrolling
Verb
  • Las Vegas is expected to be hiring a head coach and drafting a quarterback this offseason.
    Josh Kendall, The Athletic, 24 Dec. 2024
  • This allows the company to drastically improve its hiring speed and remain competitive.
    Raj Mukherjee, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
Definition of hiring
Verb
  • Similarly, organizations may emphasize temporary or informal adjustments to policies, retaining the ability to reverse course as political conditions change.
    Allison Carnegie, Foreign Affairs, 24 Dec. 2024
  • The children retaining a strong Jewish identity was paramount for Jen Rogers because of her own family history — three of her grandparents fled Nazi Germany.
    Jose R. Gonzalez, The Arizona Republic, 24 Dec. 2024
Definition of retaining
Verb
  • After a tumultuous ending in Baltimore, Johnson will be paying the Ravens seasons greetings when the Texans host them on Christmas Day in a key AFC matchup between two playoff contenders.
    Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 24 Dec. 2024
  • Though players can potentially boost their non-jackpot Mega Millions winnings by paying an extra $1 for the Megaplier.
    Jennie Key, The Enquirer, 24 Dec. 2024
Definition of paying
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