SIGNED (UP OR ON) Synonyms: 37 Similar and Opposite Words

signed (up or on)

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Definition of signed (up or on)

past tense of sign (up or on)

as in employed

to provide with a paying job the sports shoe company recently signed up the nation's top female college basketball player to plug its products

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The Dispatch reported that an EMCC Athletics representative would not confirm whether Stephens remains employed by the school in another capacity.

— Ira Gorawara, New York Times, 1 Sep. 2026
Chicago police employed 1,102 total detectives as of May 2023, and 1,163 as of last week.

— Jake Sheridan, Chicago Tribune, 31 Aug. 2026

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Summary Canadian universities have successfully recruited 64 international scholars, 48 from top American institutions like Harvard and MIT.

— Michael T. Nietzel, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2026
Serving as the territory’s secretary of education between 2013 and 2017, overseeing all of its public schools from kindergarten through high school, he was recruited to Waukegan Community Unit School District 60 as a teacher.

— Steve Sadin, Chicago Tribune, 28 Aug. 2026

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