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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 Miami site is currently used as an employee parking lot for Miami Dade College's Wolfson Campus and is adjacent to the historic Freedom Tower, which served as a resource center for hundreds of thousands of Cubans who fled communism in the 1960s and 1970s and sought asylum in the United States.
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Michael Dorgan, FOXNews.com, 16 Oct. 2025
This number is up from last year’s hiring event, which sought to hire 8,000 seasonal employees.
—Stephen Garner, Footwear News, 16 Oct. 2025
Thanks to budget increases from the city government, Wright hired two employees who make house calls to encourage owners to get their animals fixed and mend fences so that dogs known to wander can’t get loose.
—Rachel Monroe, New Yorker, 16 Oct. 2025
YouTube employees can also share updates, including the latest on outages, with users on the page.
—Melina Khan, USA Today, 16 Oct. 2025
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Michael Dorgan, FOXNews.com, 16 Oct. 2025
This number is up from last year’s hiring event, which sought to hire 8,000 seasonal employees.
—Stephen Garner, Footwear News, 16 Oct. 2025
Thanks to budget increases from the city government, Wright hired two employees who make house calls to encourage owners to get their animals fixed and mend fences so that dogs known to wander can’t get loose.
—Rachel Monroe, New Yorker, 16 Oct. 2025
YouTube employees can also share updates, including the latest on outages, with users on the page.
—Melina Khan, USA Today, 16 Oct. 2025
See All Example Sentences for employee
Recent Examples of Synonyms for employee
worker
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And the policies are projected to have far-ranging effects on most areas of business, including a potential loss of hundreds of thousands of immigrant workers in sectors like information and educational and health services.—
Nino Paoli,
Fortune,
21 Oct. 2025
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His focus on worker satisfaction drew loyalty in-house and exasperation from Wall Street.—
Molly Fischer,
New Yorker,
20 Oct. 2025
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“Employee.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/employee. Accessed 21 Oct. 2025.
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