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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
Others are concerned that long-time district employees no longer wish to work within the district and are instead opting for jobs at neighboring districts.
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Samuel O’Neal June 11, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 11 June 2026
Healy said that low wages coupled with high parking fees pose huge problems for retention of state employees.
—Evelyn Ronan, Sacbee.com, 11 June 2026
The Seattle office will see the most cuts, with 68 employees getting notice of their termination.
—Glenn Taylor, Footwear News, 11 June 2026
Eleven employees died and multiple others were seriously injured in the incident, officials said.
—Meredith Deliso, ABC News, 11 June 2026
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Samuel O’Neal June 11, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 11 June 2026
Healy said that low wages coupled with high parking fees pose huge problems for retention of state employees.
—Evelyn Ronan, Sacbee.com, 11 June 2026
The Seattle office will see the most cuts, with 68 employees getting notice of their termination.
—Glenn Taylor, Footwear News, 11 June 2026
Eleven employees died and multiple others were seriously injured in the incident, officials said.
—Meredith Deliso, ABC News, 11 June 2026
See All Example Sentences for employee
Recent Examples of Synonyms for employee
worker
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Some of the architects of this revolution are front and center in Seiler’s image, an homage to the famous 1932 photograph of construction workers on a steel beam 800 feet above the RCA building in New York City, which TIME named as one of the 100 most influential photographs of all time.—
D.W. Pine,
Time,
11 Dec. 2025
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The 300-bed hospital was overflowing with patients at the time of the strike, an aid worker said.—
Reuters,
NBC news,
11 Dec. 2025
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“Employee.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/employee. Accessed 17 Jun. 2026.
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