as in engaged
involved in often constant activity
insisted that the children be employed in some useful activity, even during school vacations
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as in hired
to provide with a paying job
a new factory that will employ 500 people
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as in used
to put into action or service
looking for a job in which she can employ her considerable writing skills
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Recent Examples of employed
Alex Zietlow, Charlotte Observer, 15 Apr. 2026
Witzburg, who is set to leave office later this month as her term expires, declined to identify the staffer or the mayoral administration that employed them.
—Jake Sheridan, Chicago Tribune, 15 Apr. 2026
Most of the men who wrote to Shere were not educated men from big cities, but men working on the line at the Ford plant at Dearborn, Michigan or men employed at strip mall legal firms.
—Literary Hub, 15 Apr. 2026
The two-story hotel was built 39 years ago amid the enormous wave of office park construction in Windsor where numerous major insurers collectively employed thousands of workers.
—Don Stacom, Hartford Courant, 15 Apr. 2026
Football coach's fraud scheme Smith was employed as a Baltimore City School Police Officer from May 2005 until August 2022.
—Adam Thompson, CBS News, 15 Apr. 2026
The Department of Homeland Security is separately probing whether Swalwell employed a nanny who overstayed her visa.
—Chris Fusco, Sacbee.com, 15 Apr. 2026
The workers called for Nike to collectively bargain with workers, though the workers who visited Hayward Field are not employed by Nike, but work at factories in Nike’s supply chain.
—Hannarose McGuinness, USA Today, 15 Apr. 2026
She’s employed at West Virginia’s federally funded Head Start program for low-income children and her husband is a postal worker.
—ABC News, 9 Apr. 2026
Verb
The Hornets’ starting lineup also boasts the highest offensive rating among all starting lineups, per the NBA’s advanced stats — and that group, in fact, has the highest offensive rating of all lineups employed across the NBA that have logged at least 172 minutes together.
—Alex Zietlow, Charlotte Observer, 15 Apr. 2026
Witzburg, who is set to leave office later this month as her term expires, declined to identify the staffer or the mayoral administration that employed them.
—Jake Sheridan, Chicago Tribune, 15 Apr. 2026
Most of the men who wrote to Shere were not educated men from big cities, but men working on the line at the Ford plant at Dearborn, Michigan or men employed at strip mall legal firms.
—Literary Hub, 15 Apr. 2026
The two-story hotel was built 39 years ago amid the enormous wave of office park construction in Windsor where numerous major insurers collectively employed thousands of workers.
—Don Stacom, Hartford Courant, 15 Apr. 2026
Football coach's fraud scheme Smith was employed as a Baltimore City School Police Officer from May 2005 until August 2022.
—Adam Thompson, CBS News, 15 Apr. 2026
The Department of Homeland Security is separately probing whether Swalwell employed a nanny who overstayed her visa.
—Chris Fusco, Sacbee.com, 15 Apr. 2026
The workers called for Nike to collectively bargain with workers, though the workers who visited Hayward Field are not employed by Nike, but work at factories in Nike’s supply chain.
—Hannarose McGuinness, USA Today, 15 Apr. 2026
She’s employed at West Virginia’s federally funded Head Start program for low-income children and her husband is a postal worker.
—ABC News, 9 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for employed
Adjective
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Alito has remained an active and engaged participant in the court's work, even after he was briefly hospitalized earlier this year for a health scare of undisclosed origin.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
17 Apr. 2026
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Zander credits remaining engaged and excited.—
Marc Ballon,
Los Angeles Times,
17 Apr. 2026
Verb
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Athena's parents, Jacob Strand and Maitlyn Gandy, then filed a lawsuit against Horner and the contractor who hired him, per NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth.—
Samantha Stutsman,
PEOPLE,
18 Apr. 2026
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But evidence is mounting that applicants with questionable histories were either not fully vetted before they were brought on or were hired in spite of their past, an investigation by The Associated Press found.—
Ryan J. Foley,
Chicago Tribune,
17 Apr. 2026
Verb
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Some early testers have used Skills to quickly enter prompts to calculate protein macros in a recipe, generate side-by-side comparisons across multiple tabs while shopping, and summarize lengthy documents, Google adds.—
Jibin Joseph,
PC Magazine,
15 Apr. 2026
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Majorities used it for research before seeing a doctor or after an appointment.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
15 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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There’s a lot of work that goes into this, a lot of long, diligent hours.—
Mark Zeigler,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
8 Apr. 2026
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However, be diligent because mint spreads rapidly.—
Mary Marlowe Leverette,
Southern Living,
3 Apr. 2026
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In New Orleans, one of the earliest slammers was a jovial fellow named Damian Labeaud, who, starting in 2010, recruited passengers from the local community with the promise of insurance payouts, then took them hunting on the freeway for a truck.—
Patrick Radden Keefe,
New Yorker,
13 Apr. 2026
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In the film, middle school teacher Ryland Grace (Ryan Gosling) is recruited to help save Earth because of his history as a cell biologist with some iconoclastic ideas about life in the universe.—
Tara Haelle,
NPR,
12 Apr. 2026
Verb
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Bain would likely struggle in a 3-4 scheme, but would best be utilized in a wide-9 scheme, which Miami could potentially run.—
Omar Kelly,
Miami Herald,
10 Apr. 2026
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The Next Gen Road Safety Act will help close the gap between what technology is available and what technology is actually utilized, with an ultimate goal of reducing pursuit crashes, injuries and deaths, according to Friedman.—
Sierra van der Brug,
Daily News,
9 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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The café is serviceable and busy all the time.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
11 Apr. 2026
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Grand Central Terminal, one of the city’s busiest transit hubs, serves not only daily commuters, but also draws thousands of tourists each day.—
Matt Lavietes,
NBC news,
11 Apr. 2026
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New Orleans has long been notorious for embracing such scoundrels, a reputation that isn’t exactly helped by the fact that, for many years, disgraced attorneys who lost their licenses in Louisiana and applied for readmission to the bar often got it.—
Patrick Radden Keefe,
New Yorker,
13 Apr. 2026
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Expanding state powers to intervene earlier could prevent future attacks, but critics warn that preemptive restrictions risk undermining civil liberties — particularly when applied to young people.—
Inaya Folarin Iman,
CBS News,
13 Apr. 2026
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“Employed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/employed. Accessed 18 Apr. 2026.
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