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also employe
as in worker
one who works for another for wages or a salary
an employer who was loved and admired by generations of employees
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Recent Examples of employee
The hotel employee who let the man into the room was fired after the incident, Greenberg said.
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Lillie Davidson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 26 June 2025
From employees who have been wronged by their boss to restaurateurs defending their livelihoods from copycats, competing culinary pros put their favorite knives, and egos, on the line in a bid to put old scores to bed.
—Jennifer Maas, Variety, 26 June 2025
According to First Student, the company has been in business for 112 years and has 61,000 employees at 545 locations in the U.S. and Canada.
—Kenneth R. Gosselin, Hartford Courant, 25 June 2025
As startup businesses morph into scaleups, their key employees gain experience and start to develop business ideas of their own.
—Trevor Clawson, Forbes.com, 14 June 2025
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Lillie Davidson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 26 June 2025
From employees who have been wronged by their boss to restaurateurs defending their livelihoods from copycats, competing culinary pros put their favorite knives, and egos, on the line in a bid to put old scores to bed.
—Jennifer Maas, Variety, 26 June 2025
According to First Student, the company has been in business for 112 years and has 61,000 employees at 545 locations in the U.S. and Canada.
—Kenneth R. Gosselin, Hartford Courant, 25 June 2025
As startup businesses morph into scaleups, their key employees gain experience and start to develop business ideas of their own.
—Trevor Clawson, Forbes.com, 14 June 2025
See All Example Sentences for employee
Recent Examples of Synonyms for employee
worker
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Unifor had fired back that DHL is not one of the top four express package delivery companies in Canada, and that DHL workers represent fewer than 0.7 percent of all local delivery workers and less than 15 percent of all courier workers in the country.—
Glenn Taylor,
Sourcing Journal,
27 June 2025
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Abrego Garcia worked as a construction worker in Maryland before his deportation in March, living with his wife and three children.—
Antonio Pequeño IV,
Forbes.com,
27 June 2025
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“Employee.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/employee. Accessed 6 Jul. 2025.
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