1
as in to hire
to provide with a paying job
a new factory that will employ 500 people
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2
as in to use
to put into action or service
looking for a job in which she can employ her considerable writing skills
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as in employment
the state of being provided with a paying job
while you're under our employ, you can't do outside work for our competitors
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Recent Examples of employ
Tiana Lowe Doescher, The Washington Examiner, 6 June 2025
However, as Ventura and others have stated, that shifted over time and the accused appeared to employ old school pimp tactics to control and totally dominated the woman.
—Dominic Patten, Deadline, 6 June 2025
Ben Jones, Forbes.com, 15 Apr. 2025
That the 2025 Red Sox had someone in their employ who did not know Hall of Famer Jim Rice once labored for the Local Nine remains an affront to history.
—Bill Speros, Boston Herald, 23 Mar. 2025
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Verb
The simple fact is that far more workers are employed in positions that use steel as an input than those who manufacture steel as an output.
—Tiana Lowe Doescher, The Washington Examiner, 6 June 2025
However, as Ventura and others have stated, that shifted over time and the accused appeared to employ old school pimp tactics to control and totally dominated the woman.
—Dominic Patten, Deadline, 6 June 2025
Noun
What kinds of metrics does a good AI literacy program employ?
—Ben Jones, Forbes.com, 15 Apr. 2025
That the 2025 Red Sox had someone in their employ who did not know Hall of Famer Jim Rice once labored for the Local Nine remains an affront to history.
—Bill Speros, Boston Herald, 23 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for employ
Verb
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The company hired McKinsey to develop a growth playbook for CNN.—
Dev Patnaik,
Forbes.com,
7 June 2025
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Yet while hiring generally has slowed, other economists figured job growth remained sturdy last month as companies frustrated by labor shortages during the pandemic continued to curtail layoffs.—
Paul Davidson,
USA Today,
7 June 2025
Verb
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On Wednesday, police in Seattle used pepper spray to clear out protesters, and officers in Denver used smoke and pepper balls to control a crowd.—
Krysta Fauria,
Chicago Tribune,
13 June 2025
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Could breeze through the low-minors using just his fastball, but secondary stuff needs work to reach his potential, and focus on development of those pitches will likely slow down his development and lead to more mixed results in some outings.—
Jon Vankin,
MSNBC Newsweek,
12 June 2025
Noun
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Down North Pizza goes beyond providing employment to offering concrete resources to stay out of prison.—
Kizzy Cox,
Essence,
4 June 2025
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The irony is elegant: the same technological revolution threatening employment also provides tools for managing its social consequences.—
Cornelia C. Walther,
Forbes.com,
4 June 2025
Verb
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One way, Park said, would be to have researchers recruit a large, representative sample of patients, measure their levels of exposure and follow them for years, perhaps until death.—
The New York Times News Service Syndicate,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
3 June 2025
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Over 400 adults with a diabetic foot ulcer that appeared closed or healed to the eye were recruited to the study.—
Paul McClure
June 02,
New Atlas,
2 June 2025
Verb
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This is another area in which the general manager is attempting to utilize restraint.—
Julia Poe,
Chicago Tribune,
12 June 2025
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Command Center also utilizes predictive analytics to help hospitals plan for the future.—
Alexis Kayser,
MSNBC Newsweek,
11 June 2025
Verb
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In August 2024, Griffith announced in a post on Instagram that Stella got engaged to entrepreneur Alex Gruszynski.—
Kayla Grant,
People.com,
6 June 2025
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No such icy plunge seems to have hit the developers at Extell, who engaged the architects at ODA to build a 52-story skyscraper called the Torch on Eighth Avenue between 45th and 46th Streets.—
Christopher Bonanos,
Curbed,
6 June 2025
Verb
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If the individual is a non-resident, non-citizen of the U.S., the federal estate tax applies only to assets situated or deemed to be situated within the U.S. (for example, U.S. real property or stock in a U.S. corporation).—
Kelly Phillips Erb,
Forbes.com,
7 June 2025
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Norton includes similar performance tune-up features as well as a startup program manager, and both include the ability to find and apply missing security patches.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
7 June 2025
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Whether climate denial, corporate lobbying or inequitable wealth distribution, our systems often reward those who can exploit the system without regard for their impact on long-term system health.—
Maureen Metcalf,
Forbes.com,
4 June 2025
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Only in these areas will humanitarian aid be provided—by an American company under direct Israeli security arrangements—to avoid previous distribution arrangements that were exploited by Hamas.—
Assaf Orion,
Foreign Affairs,
3 June 2025
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“Employ.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/employ. Accessed 17 Jun. 2025.
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