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re-employ

British  

verb

  1. to take on (a previous employee) again

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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The CMA opened the probe in December 2023, after Microsoft had put pressure on OpenAI to re-employ Mr Altman, days after he had been sacked.

From BBC Mar. 5, 2025

According to Rutter’s statement, the $25 million would “provide long-term cash flow for essential personnel to ensure that we can reopen the Center and re-employ our staff and musicians.”

From Washington Post Mar. 28, 2020

The petition, addressed to United’s chairman Kevin McCabe, was prompted by reports that the club are preparing to re-employ him on his release.

From The Guardian Aug. 13, 2014

If the global economy can successfully navigate the many headwinds facing it, slowly pay down debts and re-employ workers, there will come a point when the recovery shifts into high gear.

From Time Oct. 1, 2012

Mr. Kruger's appointment expired by law in November 1877, and the Government did not think it advisable to re-employ him.

From Cetywayo and his White Neighbours Remarks on Recent Events in Zululand, Natal, and the Transvaal by Henry Rider Haggard

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