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also employes
as in workers
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 employees
While city leaders debated how to restructure the system, LAHSA employees said the uncertainty is already taking a toll.
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Teresa Liu, Daily News, 25 Apr. 2026
With this information, employers can steer employees to the best-value providers, remedy overbilling by intermediaries, and design affordable health plans with lower premiums.
—Jordan Bruneau, Boston Herald, 25 Apr. 2026
For example, fuel shortages in Asia could hinder factory employees from getting to work, Gildea said, potentially slowing export production.
—David Goldman, CNN Money, 24 Apr. 2026
The two Americans who died in the crash were employees of the Central Intelligence Agency, multiple people familiar with the matter told CBS News.
—CBS News, 24 Apr. 2026
While the three allegedly launched their assault on the office building, Brasfield and Gorrie employees were still inside, Carr said.
—Robert McGreevy, FOXNews.com, 24 Apr. 2026
Without one, state employees like public school teachers have gone without a state pay raise this school year.
—Rebecca Noel, Charlotte Observer, 24 Apr. 2026
Pickleball players enthused over new courts are likely to be the only residents — outside of municipal employees — who think San Diego is even slightly better run now than in 2011.
—U T Editorial Board, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Apr. 2026
The report’s headline finding—claiming that just six per cent of federal employees work full time in their offices—was quickly debunked.
—Charlie Tyson, The New Yorker, 15 Mar. 2025
Teresa Liu, Daily News, 25 Apr. 2026
With this information, employers can steer employees to the best-value providers, remedy overbilling by intermediaries, and design affordable health plans with lower premiums.
—Jordan Bruneau, Boston Herald, 25 Apr. 2026
For example, fuel shortages in Asia could hinder factory employees from getting to work, Gildea said, potentially slowing export production.
—David Goldman, CNN Money, 24 Apr. 2026
The two Americans who died in the crash were employees of the Central Intelligence Agency, multiple people familiar with the matter told CBS News.
—CBS News, 24 Apr. 2026
While the three allegedly launched their assault on the office building, Brasfield and Gorrie employees were still inside, Carr said.
—Robert McGreevy, FOXNews.com, 24 Apr. 2026
Without one, state employees like public school teachers have gone without a state pay raise this school year.
—Rebecca Noel, Charlotte Observer, 24 Apr. 2026
Pickleball players enthused over new courts are likely to be the only residents — outside of municipal employees — who think San Diego is even slightly better run now than in 2011.
—U T Editorial Board, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Apr. 2026
The report’s headline finding—claiming that just six per cent of federal employees work full time in their offices—was quickly debunked.
—Charlie Tyson, The New Yorker, 15 Mar. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for employees
workers
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Equally concerning is that requiring twice as many workers per case without a plan to recruit or retain them risks widespread gaps in care.—
Voice of the People,
New York Daily News,
25 Apr. 2026
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First, the company engaged in interference and retaliation by issuing discipline to a bargaining committee member for attending bargaining sessions on behalf of their fellow workers — protected activity under federal law.—
Christa Swanson,
CBS News,
25 Apr. 2026
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“Employees.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/employees. Accessed 26 Apr. 2026.
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