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a person or company that has people who do work for wages or a salary; a person or company that has employees
It was the employer's responsibility to improve workplace safety. Your travel expenses should be paid for by your employer.
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Recent Examples of employer
In 2021, The Courier Journal revived its Top Workplaces program, which celebrates employers going above and beyond to support their employees.
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Kathryn Gregory, Louisville Courier Journal, 23 Oct. 2025
No laws prevent an employer from terminating an employee once their FMLA expires, regardless of the severity of their disability.
—Tamia Fowlkes, jsonline.com, 23 Oct. 2025
The average annual premium for an individual health plan provided by employers increased by 5% to $9,325 — nearly $3,000 higher than in 2016, according to the survey.
—Phil Galewitz, Miami Herald, 23 Oct. 2025
Vance, for example, last month implored people to report anyone welcoming Kirk’s death to their respective employers.
—Naomi Lim, The Washington Examiner, 23 Oct. 2025
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Kathryn Gregory, Louisville Courier Journal, 23 Oct. 2025
No laws prevent an employer from terminating an employee once their FMLA expires, regardless of the severity of their disability.
—Tamia Fowlkes, jsonline.com, 23 Oct. 2025
The average annual premium for an individual health plan provided by employers increased by 5% to $9,325 — nearly $3,000 higher than in 2016, according to the survey.
—Phil Galewitz, Miami Herald, 23 Oct. 2025
Vance, for example, last month implored people to report anyone welcoming Kirk’s death to their respective employers.
—Naomi Lim, The Washington Examiner, 23 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for employer
Noun
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So are the county administrators who manage their benefits.—
JR Radcliffe,
jsonline.com,
24 Oct. 2025
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Students, administrators, C-suite executives and more, each attesting to how my road map propelled them to put one foot in front of the other and enter a season of triumph.—
Alma Cooper,
PEOPLE,
24 Oct. 2025
Noun
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An executive from another competitor, Halco (which was sold and got out of the Halloween business long before Ben Cooper and Collegeville), credited the boom in licensed costumes to the rise in TV.—
Mark Dent,
HubSpot,
24 Oct. 2025
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Nonprofit experts and executives have criticized the organization and its board for failing to detect the theft, citing problems, including a bloated board, failure to change auditors, and ex-CFO William Smith's sole control of the organization's checking account.—
Violet Ikonomova,
Freep.com,
24 Oct. 2025
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As a direct result of this, businesses end up with managers who aren’t confident in their ability to lead, and who struggle to deal with the various challenges that come with managing people, leading both employees and struggling managers to resign.—
Orianna Rosa Royle,
Fortune,
23 Oct. 2025
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The actor infamously played Jeff, the hunky diner manager who dared to come between the show's endgame couple.—
Raechal Shewfelt,
Entertainment Weekly,
23 Oct. 2025
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Valery Gerasimov, Russia's most senior general, told Putin the Burevestnik had covered roughly 14,000 kilometers, or 8,700 miles, in a 15-hour test flight on October 21.—
Ellie Cook,
MSNBC Newsweek,
26 Oct. 2025
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Halo is Xbox, and Xbox is Halo, and console warriors participating in the decades-long fanboy battle against Sony and PlayStation point to Master Chief as their four-star general.—
Alyssa Mercante,
Rolling Stone,
24 Oct. 2025
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In short, a good government is a steward, not a ruler; a problem-solver, not a power-seeker.—
Pioneer Press elections team,
Twin Cities,
21 Oct. 2025
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But the stewards, who give more leeway for first-corner incidents, opted to take no action.—
Luke Smith,
New York Times,
19 Oct. 2025
Noun
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The constantly shifting allegiances are meant to form a twisty yarn in the aggregate, though the effect is largely just confusing — especially when Helen gets a subplot investigating her own past that distracts from her role as the chilly, withholding boss.—
Alison Herman,
Variety,
26 Oct. 2025
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In the real world, a boss must set aside their love for their dog and look at things objectively.—
Gabrielle Starr,
Boston Herald,
26 Oct. 2025
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The first union to endorse the mayoral candidate even in advance of the Democratic primary was IATSE Local 161, a group representing behind-the-scenes workers like script supervisors, production coordinators and production accountants.—
Peter Kiefer,
HollywoodReporter,
23 Oct. 2025
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This shift can be seen in examples from Edmond’s own career, including one indelible career conversation with a supervisor five years ago.—
Fortune Editors,
Fortune,
23 Oct. 2025
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The Gogebic-Ontonagon Community Action Agency is not so fortunate, said Renee Pertile, early childhood director at the agency.—
Beki San Martin,
Freep.com,
27 Oct. 2025
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Gunterman is immersed in local student journalism as the executive director of the Indiana High School Press Association and the faculty adviser of Franklin College's student newspaper.—
Cate Charron,
IndyStar,
27 Oct. 2025
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“Employer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/employer. Accessed 28 Oct. 2025.
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