Thesaurus results for EMPLOYERS

employers

noun

plural of employer

as in administrators

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 employers At the beginning of the movie, she's still traumatized by her experience on the Nostromo, and her employers at Weyland-Yutani are doing little to help. — Richard Edwards, Space.com, 17 July 2026 The agreement also guarantees her a neutral reference for prospective employers. — Corey Schmidt july 17, Sacbee.com, 17 July 2026 But engaging employers establishes the pathway that’s been missing. — Ryan Craig, Forbes.com, 17 July 2026 There’s also a component to support up to 100 local maritime small business suppliers while also building a stronger regional collaborative effort that connects employers, training providers and community partners. — Arthur Zaczkiewicz, Footwear News, 17 July 2026 Office workers are spending more time working at their homes and less time in the office, leaving employers with space needs that are far less than before COVID-19 and a greater need for co-working spaces. — Sean Krofssik, Hartford Courant, 10 July 2026 Under the bill, employers can keep people on the payroll who intend to apply for H-2A status, and they will be shielded from some penalties for unlawfully hiring people. — Idaho Statesman, 10 July 2026 Yet still, employers reach for technical language to signal value. — Miranda Shanahan, Time, 10 July 2026

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Superintendents, charter school leaders, private school administrators, college presidents, business executives, and workforce leaders must be willing to see one another differently.

— Gennaro Piraino, Forbes.com, 21 July 2026
The change has coincided with more distrust of the page’s administrators who are tasked with maintaining a productive and civil dialogue on the site.

— William Melhado, Sacbee.com, 21 July 2026

Definition of administrators

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In a meeting with media executives last month, Pezeshkian said preserving national unity and cohesion is Iran’s top priority under current circumstances.

— Jomana Karadsheh, CNN Money, 21 July 2026
There’s a lot of grassroots industry enthusiasm, rampant speculation in news reports, and positive prognosis by C-Suite executives.

— Cleve Mesidor, Forbes.com, 21 July 2026

Definition of executives

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Few high-profile managers embraced the ‘suffering’ mantra to the same degree as Italian coach Antonio Conte.

— Colin Millar, New York Times, 19 July 2026
The SpaceX offering featured twenty-three banks, a crew that ranged from the aforementioned giants to asset managers Bernstein and Mirae of South Korea.

— Shawn Tully, Fortune, 18 July 2026

Definition of managers

Noun

That gives local supervisors of elections time to prepare voters, and voters time to familiarize themselves with new districts and candidates.

— Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 18 July 2026
According to Embry, the Centre Station Post Office is remotely managed, with supervisors typically stationed at the larger Arden Branch a mile and a half away.

— Reeti Malhotra, Sacbee.com, 17 July 2026

Definition of supervisors

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The reality is, whether his bosses at the Spanish Football Federation knew it or not, De la Fuente’s profile fit that of other successful international coaches.

— Chris Evans, Forbes.com, 20 July 2026
By the mid-nineteenth century the Hawaiian throne, and the British, were both losing power as the growing cartel of US plantation bosses aggressively sought sway.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 20 July 2026

Definition of bosses

Noun

And there is precedent for the FCC to step in and help nudge the industry toward being better stewards of space.

— Jackie Wattles, CNN Money, 22 July 2026
The Walsh family’s been slinging hot dogs across the Valley since 1946, with sisters Morgan and Kelly Walsh serving as third-generation stewards.

— Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 19 July 2026

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