hire
verb (used with object)
to engage the services of (someone) for wages or other payment.
has been hiring
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present perfect progressiveof hire (3rd person singular).present perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that began in the past, has continued continuously, and is still in progress.
Example Sentences
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Edmond de Rothschild, meanwhile, has been hiring more deals bankers, and advised on around 60 transactions last year, to its rival’s 694.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 30, 2026
Visser also pointed out that the AI start-up Anthropic External link, the developer of the Claude LLM, has been hiring more life science researchers as of late.
From Barron's ● Dec. 3, 2025
Young people are more likely to listen to their peers, so FPF has been hiring them.
From Slate ● Oct. 30, 2024
Many industry insiders noted that Hollywood has been hiring for AI positions since before the strikes began.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 2, 2023
‘If you mean that your precious Chief has been hiring ruffians out of the wild, then we’ve not come back too soon.’
From "The Return of the King" by J.R.R. Tolkien
