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employer

noun

Definition of employer

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 The free event focused on connecting South Atlanta residents with employers actively seeking workers. — Jamal Goss, CBS News, 15 Oct. 2026 Calipari's previous employer, Kentucky, was picked to finish seventh in the conference. — Mark Harris Outkick, FOXNews.com, 15 Oct. 2026 And employers increasingly use artificial intelligence to find candidates, screen résumés, rank applicants, and conduct parts of the interview process. — Encyclopedia Britannica, 14 Oct. 2026 Within a day, his employer started receiving anonymous messages attempting to connect him to the case. — Ruby Cramer, New Yorker, 14 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for employer

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Dharmendra Kumar Mishra, Gorkha district’s chief government administrator, said more than 200 people were evacuated on Monday.

— ABC News, ABC News, 12 Oct. 2026
Arts administrators around the country have told NPR that booking performances for performing arts centers is done years in advance.

— Anastasia Tsioulcas, NPR, 10 Oct. 2026

Definition of administrator

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The series is executive produced by Kentaro Shibuya of Fuji Television, Janice Lee of MakerVille and Song Seon Eui of Simstory, alongside Kato and Kenichiro Hobara.

— Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 12 Oct. 2026
Many executives, such as the CEOs of Starbucks and Chipotle for example, tout early-morning work routines as a key to their success.

— Preston Fore, Fortune, 11 Oct. 2026

Definition of executive

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Continue reading … ‘LETHAL ALLIANCE’ — Top US general vows to destroy 'anything and everything' backing a Russia strike.

— , FOXNews.com, 13 Oct. 2026
Sir Ken McCallum, director general of MI5, explained this observation during his annual threat update at Thames House on Tuesday.

— Timothy Nerozzi, The Washington Examiner, 13 Oct. 2026

Definition of general

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The problem has long caused tension between Iowa’s more liberal urban centers, which rely on rivers and lakes for drinking water, and mostly conservative stewards of its rich farmland.

— ABC News, ABC News, 14 Oct. 2026
The problem has long caused tension between Iowa's more liberal urban centers, which rely on rivers and lakes for drinking water, and mostly conservative stewards of its rich farmland.

— CBS News, CBS News, 14 Oct. 2026

Definition of steward

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Banijay bosses Jeff Zucker, Marco Bassetti and Jane Turton were in Cannes along with David Decker, the executive handed the Skydance content sales keys by David Ellison.

— Max Goldbart, Deadline, 16 Oct. 2026
Durham was later apprehended and served time in prison for the crime, but not before selling the paintings to a notorious crime boss who was later found in possession of the art.

— Lianne Kolirin, CNN Money, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of boss

Noun

Chen advised supervisors facing decision fatigue to review shots within their sequences rather than obsess over individual frames.

— Davide Abbatescianni, Variety, 15 Oct. 2026
Shea’s supervisor confronted her when Shea’s findings in a cold case could not be replicated.

— Julia Coin, Charlotte Observer, 15 Oct. 2026

Definition of supervisor

Noun

The extent of Israel’s cooperation with the payments was reflected in a 2020 letter from Yossi Cohen, then director of the Mossad, Israel’s intelligence agency, to Qatar’s Emir Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani.

— Eric Cortellessa, Time, 18 Oct. 2026
Not surprisingly, the legislation does nothing to curb the growth of compensation and other benefits for college presidents, athletics directors, coaches and staff who continue to be in charge of the athletes under their control.

— Bruce Svare, Sportico.com, 17 Oct. 2026

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