EMPLOYING Synonyms: 61 Similar and Opposite Words

employing

verb

present participle of employ

as in hiring

to provide with a paying job a new factory that will employ 500 people

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as in using

to put into action or service looking for a job in which she can employ her considerable writing skills

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Recent Examples of employing The case garnered national interest because Oregon's new law targets the loopholes large staffing firms have been employing to circumvent state corporate medicine laws. — Alex Olgin, NPR, 3 July 2026 The metaphor of a ‘wall of separation’ At the same time, religious reformers were employing concepts of walls, hedges or other barriers to ensure that the secular and religious realms remained apart. — Steven K. Green, The Conversation, 2 July 2026 Recent legislative changes have already eaten at margins, and the Employment Rights Bill, enacted in April, brings complexity to payroll on top of higher costs of employing. — Rupert Lee-Browne, Forbes.com, 2 July 2026 California is among the largest markets for freight trucking, employing more than 130,000 drivers. — Los Angeles Times, 21 June 2026 For gardeners who have stayed on top of their pest mitigation practices since last fall, this means now is the time to begin employing more extensive practices to control populations just beginning to show up. — Anthony Reardon, Kansas City Star, 20 June 2026 But does employing it Saturday point to a lack of starting depth in the system? — Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune, 20 June 2026 Web developers and digital designers These workers build websites and apps, employing both coding and visual design skills. — Daniel De Visé, USA Today, 19 June 2026 Similarly, John Portman’s Entelechy II in Georgia and Ray Kappe’s home in Los Angeles deftly manipulate space and perspective, employing bold geometries and gravity-defying cantilevers to connect airy interiors to the landscape. — Mark David, Robb Report, 18 June 2026

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The invasion-of-privacy claim was also dismissed because state law doesn’t recognize claims based on the disclosure of private facts, and the employees had willingly provided their information to Bojangles as part of the hiring process.

— Chase Jordan July 7, Charlotte Observer, 7 July 2026
Just like hiring a new employee, AI requires strict instructions and examples of good and bad work.

— Tyler Dykstra, Forbes.com, 7 July 2026

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Federal officials are using helicopters and ground vehicles to drive the horses into a large catch pen with holding corrals.

— Susanne Rust, Los Angeles Times, 9 July 2026
But a growing number of ships are using a route close to the Omani coast instead, threatening Iran’s leverage over the waterway.

— Brad Lendon, CNN Money, 9 July 2026

Definition of using

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The next day, a team from Chile, utilizing radar and sonar sound-detection equipment, confirmed the presence of Gil, still alive, in the sub-basement.

— Mery Mogollón, Los Angeles Times, 5 July 2026
The corporate leadership stated that utilizing additive manufacturing allows the organization to reduce the standard timelines required to bring new power generation designs to the commercial marketplace.

— Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 3 July 2026

Definition of utilizing

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But local hoteliers say the proposal is riddled with problems, would unfairly impact hotels more than other businesses and might violate state law by applying flat fees to hotels instead of per-worker charges.

— David Garrick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 July 2026
An employee was seen applying mayo to a bun with his bare hands.

— Rashad Alexander, Kansas City Star, 9 July 2026

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The four-piece band acts like alchemists, exploiting instruments to their full potential.

— Laura Snapes, Pitchfork, 9 July 2026
RoguePlanet, tracked as CVE-2026-50656, came to public notice in June when NightmareEclipse, the pseudonymous name used by a researcher, disclosed it along with code for exploiting it.

— Dan Goodin, ArsTechnica, 9 July 2026

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