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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
Store employees would celebrate news of Auburn road wins by throwing ticker tape onto power lines.
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Jordy Fee-Platt, New York Times, 25 Oct. 2025
Paying the price for the company’s decisions are the 70 full-time park employees and hundreds of seasonal workers, along with the hundreds of thousands of annual guests who will have one less form of affordable entertainment.
—Shannon Pettypiece, NBC news, 24 Oct. 2025
That’s led to a Guinness World Record in which more than 53,000 employees came together to vibe code in the world’s largest online generative AI hackathon (250,000 participated over the week).
—Diane Brady, Fortune, 24 Oct. 2025
But hiring more than 90 people to work in the facility would be long, involved work, even if the state helped pay for some of those employees, McFadden said.
—Charlotte Observer, 24 Oct. 2025
The contingency plan says nearly all of those employees who continue to work will be paid using sources other than annual appropriations, which are on hold during the shutdown.
—The Npr Network, NPR, 24 Oct. 2025
Companies can deploy these tools to keep their employees safe from intrusion attempts, while email and messaging providers can integrate them into their systems to prevent spam, malware, and other threats from ever reaching users.
—Big Think, 24 Oct. 2025
Paramount had more than 18,600 employees at the end of 2024, though there have been additional layoffs earlier this year before the Skydance deal closed.
—Alex Weprin, HollywoodReporter, 17 Oct. 2025
Yet while elite athletes receive mental and physical training to excel under stress, most employees are left to push through on their own.
—Elan Gepner-Dales, Rolling Stone, 17 Oct. 2025
Jordy Fee-Platt, New York Times, 25 Oct. 2025
Paying the price for the company’s decisions are the 70 full-time park employees and hundreds of seasonal workers, along with the hundreds of thousands of annual guests who will have one less form of affordable entertainment.
—Shannon Pettypiece, NBC news, 24 Oct. 2025
That’s led to a Guinness World Record in which more than 53,000 employees came together to vibe code in the world’s largest online generative AI hackathon (250,000 participated over the week).
—Diane Brady, Fortune, 24 Oct. 2025
But hiring more than 90 people to work in the facility would be long, involved work, even if the state helped pay for some of those employees, McFadden said.
—Charlotte Observer, 24 Oct. 2025
The contingency plan says nearly all of those employees who continue to work will be paid using sources other than annual appropriations, which are on hold during the shutdown.
—The Npr Network, NPR, 24 Oct. 2025
Companies can deploy these tools to keep their employees safe from intrusion attempts, while email and messaging providers can integrate them into their systems to prevent spam, malware, and other threats from ever reaching users.
—Big Think, 24 Oct. 2025
Paramount had more than 18,600 employees at the end of 2024, though there have been additional layoffs earlier this year before the Skydance deal closed.
—Alex Weprin, HollywoodReporter, 17 Oct. 2025
Yet while elite athletes receive mental and physical training to excel under stress, most employees are left to push through on their own.
—Elan Gepner-Dales, Rolling Stone, 17 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for employees
workers
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Her remains were discovered about 15 miles away a few weeks later by construction workers.—
Kelsey Lentz,
PEOPLE,
29 Oct. 2025
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The White Lotus season 1 centered on a group of guests and workers at the Hawaii location of the titular luxury resort chain.—
Ryan Coleman,
Entertainment Weekly,
28 Oct. 2025
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“Employees.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/employees. Accessed 31 Oct. 2025.
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