Example Sentences

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It said it would also not fill thousands more open jobs it had been hiring for.

From BBC • May 19, 2026

In a statement to Reuters this week, Hyundai said it had already stopped relying on at least one labor recruiting firm that had been hiring for SMART.

From Reuters • Oct. 19, 2022

When Noelle inherits her mother’s house, she finds out that for the past few years her aging mother had been hiring professionals to decorate it for Christmas.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 18, 2019

Demedyuk and others who spoke on the condition of anonymity believe eggPLC is a Moscow-based stock trader originally from St. Petersburg, who since at least 2008 had been hiring hackers to work for him.

From The Verge • Aug. 22, 2018

Many tech companies had been hiring them for parties, they said.

From New York Times • Aug. 20, 2011