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as in hires
to provide with a paying job
a new factory that will employ 500 people
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as in uses
to put into action or service
looking for a job in which she can employ her considerable writing skills
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as in employments
the state of being provided with a paying job
while you're under our employ, you can't do outside work for our competitors
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Recent Examples of employs
Christopher Vourlias, Variety, 5 Sep. 2025
The company employs 53,000 workers worldwide.
—Alexander Coolidge, USA Today, 5 Sep. 2025
The site employs about 1,200 people in an area about 25 miles (40 kilometers) west of Savannah where bedroom communities bleed into farms.
—Russ Bynum, Fortune, 5 Sep. 2025
With deep tissue massage, the therapist employs firm pressure to reach deeper into muscles and knots.
—Julie Marks, Verywell Health, 4 Sep. 2025
The Truth Teller now employs only a handful of people, while the bulk of its historical building is occupied by people who work in more lucrative divisions of the parent company Enervate, selling things like toilet paper and office supplies.
—Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 3 Sep. 2025
Unlike earlier tanks with thicker armor and larger guns, the Type 100 employs active defense interceptors, photoelectric sensors, and remote weapon stations to counter threats from modern anti-tank missiles and drones, which often exploit vulnerabilities on the top of armored vehicles.
—Kapil Kajal, Interesting Engineering, 3 Sep. 2025
In addition to offering previously unattainable data rates, Wi-Fi 7 employs new technologies to reduce latency, increase network capacity, and boost efficiency.
—Rob Pegoraro, PC Magazine, 3 Sep. 2025
The Zone of Interest Jonathan Glazer's unsettling historical drama masterfully employs sound — which earned it an Oscar in 2024 — and what remains unseen to depict the horrors of the Holocaust.
—Charlotte Walsh, People.com, 1 Sep. 2025
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The film follows a recovering addict in an isolated Serbian monastery whose Orthodox patriarch employs unorthodox methods that are often more extreme than effective at getting results.
—Christopher Vourlias, Variety, 5 Sep. 2025
The company employs 53,000 workers worldwide.
—Alexander Coolidge, USA Today, 5 Sep. 2025
The site employs about 1,200 people in an area about 25 miles (40 kilometers) west of Savannah where bedroom communities bleed into farms.
—Russ Bynum, Fortune, 5 Sep. 2025
With deep tissue massage, the therapist employs firm pressure to reach deeper into muscles and knots.
—Julie Marks, Verywell Health, 4 Sep. 2025
The Truth Teller now employs only a handful of people, while the bulk of its historical building is occupied by people who work in more lucrative divisions of the parent company Enervate, selling things like toilet paper and office supplies.
—Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 3 Sep. 2025
Unlike earlier tanks with thicker armor and larger guns, the Type 100 employs active defense interceptors, photoelectric sensors, and remote weapon stations to counter threats from modern anti-tank missiles and drones, which often exploit vulnerabilities on the top of armored vehicles.
—Kapil Kajal, Interesting Engineering, 3 Sep. 2025
In addition to offering previously unattainable data rates, Wi-Fi 7 employs new technologies to reduce latency, increase network capacity, and boost efficiency.
—Rob Pegoraro, PC Magazine, 3 Sep. 2025
The Zone of Interest Jonathan Glazer's unsettling historical drama masterfully employs sound — which earned it an Oscar in 2024 — and what remains unseen to depict the horrors of the Holocaust.
—Charlotte Walsh, People.com, 1 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for employs
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Sian Clifford gives a larger-than-life performance as a narcissistic aristocrat who hires a struggling filmmaker to record her every move, in Samuel Abraham’s eccentric mockumentary.—
Zac Ntim,
Deadline,
4 Sep. 2025
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The tax credits jump the next year to $15 million if the company hires a minimum of 99 full-time employees and meets the capital investment credits.—
Ricardo Torres,
jsonline.com,
29 Aug. 2025
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The hurricane center uses only the top four or five highest-performing models to help make its forecasts.—
Gabe Hauari,
USA Today,
10 Sep. 2025
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At the WellChild Awards in London on Monday, May 8, Harry, 40, chatted with 13-year-old Grace Tutt, a Special Recognition winner who uses a wheelchair following a bus crash.—
Erin Hill,
People.com,
9 Sep. 2025
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Every year, in partnership with CareerWise Colorado, Pinnacol recruits high school juniors and seniors into a three-year apprenticeship program designed to progressively build skills and experience in any of nine business and technology pathways.—
Andy Tonsing,
Forbes.com,
8 Sep. 2025
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Getting recruits up to standard isn't cheap.—
Cybele Mayes-Osterman,
USA Today,
6 Sep. 2025
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Morgan is paired with Detective Karadec (Daniel Sunjata) — cue the romantic tension — and utilizes her photographic memory and life experience to bring an unconventional perspective to his caseload.—
Randall Colburn,
Entertainment Weekly,
6 Sep. 2025
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In only nine months, the young researchers reportedly built the prototype machine, which utilizes a rotating laser powder bed fusion (LPBF) system to print cylindrical metal parts significantly faster than conventional systems.—
Georgina Jedikovska,
Interesting Engineering,
3 Sep. 2025
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Joining the collection soon will be new site-specific works created by the artist collective RojoNegro (composed of Noé Martínez and María Sosa), sculptor Max Hooper Schneider and poet, artist and chef Precious Okoyomon.—
Pam Kragen,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
10 Sep. 2025
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Through her Art Bridges Foundation, Walton has spent more than $500 million acquiring and loaning out works of American art to more than 230 museums across the country since the nonprofit’s founding in 2016.—
Alicia Park,
Forbes.com,
10 Sep. 2025
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Developed by AeroVironment, the 20kW LOCUST Laser Weapon System (LWS) identifies, tracks, and engages a wide variety of targets with hard-kill high energy laser.—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
8 Sep. 2025
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Strength and toning also come with the territory since every serve, spike and block engages the legs, shoulders, arms and core.—
Daryl Austin,
USA Today,
8 Sep. 2025
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The expiring boost, implemented in Democrats’ Inflation Reduction Act under former President Joe Biden, applies to 22 million of the 24 million low- and middle-income Americans with plans through the ACA marketplace.—
Ramsey Touchberry,
The Washington Examiner,
11 Sep. 2025
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No, Spotify's Lossless Listening only applies to music streamed on the app, Spotify engineer John Cieslik-Bridgen told USA TODAY.—
Greta Cross,
USA Today,
10 Sep. 2025
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The film operates under the Primetime banner, neurodivergent actor-producer Victoria Emslie’s platform dedicated to amplifying underrepresented voices across disability, gender, global majority and sexuality spectrums.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
9 Sep. 2025
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Build a team that operates without you.—
Guy Peixoto,
Forbes.com,
9 Sep. 2025
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“Employs.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/employs. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.
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