EMPLOYING Synonyms: 61 Similar and Opposite Words

employing

verb

Definition of employing next

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 Militant Islamist groups, such as Hezbollah, Hamas, and ISIS, have demonstrated increasing sophistication in their use of UAVs, employing them not only for reconnaissance but also for complex attack operations. —

Encyclopedia Britannica, 8 May 2026 However, a different metric from ADP that tracks slightly larger businesses (those employing between one and 19 people) finds an increase of 526,000 jobs last year. —

Matt Egan, CNN Money, 7 May 2026 Local police departments are increasingly turning to surveillance drones to watch over peaceful protestors, occasionally even employing the same kind of hardware used by the US military. —

Joe Wilkins, Futurism, 29 Apr. 2026 From there, the team asked them to continue performing the same activities while employing the HIPPO browser extension. —

Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 29 Apr. 2026 Kantor said funding is critical, but so is employing it wisely. —

Rebecca Noel, Charlotte Observer, 28 Apr. 2026 The website Hunterbrook is part of a company with a unique business model employing investigative journalists to look under the hood of certain companies, and then when appropriate, announcing a short position through a separate entity. —

Jason Gewirtz, CNBC, 27 Apr. 2026 Saint Mary’s Hospital in Waterbury is employing a PCR thermocycler that cuts the time to get a diagnosis from days to just merely hours. —

Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 27 Apr. 2026 If tax records and documents do not add up, employers and employees may be arrested and detained as investigators sort out who is illegally present in the United States or illegally employing workers. —

Anna Giaritelli, The Washington Examiner, 24 Apr. 2026

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But in hiring the three-time Stanley Cup winner, the Ducks earned credibility in terms of coaching acumen and became an attraction for players.

— Eric Stephens, New York Times, 15 May 2026
Notably absent from the SEC’s motion to freeze Kapoor’s assets and its civil complaint was any mention of his hiring Suarez as a consultant for URBIN while the Location Ventures affiliate was seeking approval from City Hall for a residential and retail project at Commodore Plaza in Coconut Grove.

— Jay Weaver, Miami Herald, 15 May 2026