as in administrator
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
Second, Wall Street firms were the among the first employers to exploit universities’ new career-services offices, which helped to funnel a large and diversifying population of women, white ethnics, and minoritized graduates into finance careers.
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Literary Hub, 15 May 2026
Broader crackdown Tens of billions of dollars are estimated to be lost in the United States through healthcare fraud each year, translating into higher costs for patients and employers, according to the National Health Care Anti-Fraud Association.
—Jody Godoy, USA Today, 13 May 2026
There are several states that cap wage garnishment at lower amounts than the federal limit — and some even restrict how many consumer debt garnishment orders an employer can process at one time.
—CBS News, 13 May 2026
Instead, most employers use some combination of individual performance, position relative to market value, or position relative to peers.
—Sheryl Estrada, Fortune, 12 May 2026
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Literary Hub, 15 May 2026
Broader crackdown Tens of billions of dollars are estimated to be lost in the United States through healthcare fraud each year, translating into higher costs for patients and employers, according to the National Health Care Anti-Fraud Association.
—Jody Godoy, USA Today, 13 May 2026
There are several states that cap wage garnishment at lower amounts than the federal limit — and some even restrict how many consumer debt garnishment orders an employer can process at one time.
—CBS News, 13 May 2026
Instead, most employers use some combination of individual performance, position relative to market value, or position relative to peers.
—Sheryl Estrada, Fortune, 12 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for employer
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Then, almost two years into the investigation, Langston stopped by the police station and was chatting with a different administrator, who asked Langston whether the initial search had also been conducted in an older database that not everybody on staff knew about.—
Yudhijit Bhattacharjee,
New Yorker,
18 May 2026
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Turn on multi-factor authentication, enable every account alert your plan offers and ask your employer or plan administrator what happens after an address, phone number or bank account change.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
17 May 2026
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One of the most notable, current Cleveland Cavaliers general manager Mike Gansey, has been an executive in Cleveland for almost a decade and is considered a strong candidate to take over for Morey, according to league sources.—
Tony Jones,
New York Times,
21 May 2026
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Each takes a different approach to healing, from shamanic grief work to clinical addiction treatment for executives.—
Hanna Wickes,
Charlotte Observer,
20 May 2026
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On the Democratic side, Jesse Brewer, a former area manager for 7-Eleven locations, is running against Melissa Strange, a supply-chain director for an agribusiness company.—
The New Yorker,
New Yorker,
19 May 2026
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Sitting in the Petco Park visiting dugout Monday afternoon, Dodgers general manager Brandon Gomes would have preferred to be answering a different set of questions about the team’s rotation depth.—
Maddie Lee,
Los Angeles Times,
19 May 2026
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The pioneering doom metal band Pentagram formed in 1971 and is credited with helping create the entire metal genre in general.—
Christopher Arnott,
Hartford Courant,
16 May 2026
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And a federal grand jury indicted two Cuban fighter pilots and a commanding Cuban Air Force general in the murders of the four Brothers to the Rescue volunteers.—
Francesca Chambers,
USA Today,
15 May 2026
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The son of a ship steward, David Patrick George Burke was born in Liverpool on May 25, 1934.—
Mike Barnes,
HollywoodReporter,
18 May 2026
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The Palau Pledge, stamped into every visitor's passport on arrival, is a legally binding promise to act as a steward of the environment.—
Christopher Elliott,
Forbes.com,
17 May 2026
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Part of every production assistant’s job is to help their boss thin the screenplay slush pile.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
19 May 2026
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Nevertheless, behind-the-scenes research will impress bosses and people in authority.—
Georgia Nicols,
Denver Post,
19 May 2026
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There should be full transparency when assessments are changed and/or career scientists overruled by political appointees or other supervisors, including providing the original analyses.—
Jesse L. Goodman,
STAT,
18 May 2026
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Montgomery Steppe is a San Diego County supervisor representing District 4.—
Monica Montgomery Steppe,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
18 May 2026
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In text messages between Musk and his employees, including OpenAI board member Shivon Zilis and a project director Sam Teller, Musk's team cheered the hire, according to correspondence made public in discovery.—
Ashley Capoot,Lora Kolodny,
CNBC,
18 May 2026
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Pasricha’s wife Eiesha Pasricha is the de facto artistic director of the brand, also personally curating the retail at Gleneagles and the shop at Estelle Manor.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
18 May 2026
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“Employer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/employer. Accessed 22 May. 2026.
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