1
as in hires
to provide with a paying job
a new factory that will employ 500 people
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2
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
Sofia Celeste, Footwear News, 10 Oct. 2025
Parra’s perspective stems from four decades at DHL, which employs nearly 600,000 people across 220 countries.
—Samuel Burke, Fortune, 9 Oct. 2025
Those are the questions of After the Hunt, and the reverberations will be as earth-shaking as the volume of the ticking-clock score that Guadagnino occasionally employs for tension.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 9 Oct. 2025
The steel industry employs nearly 2,900 people in Mississippi County and the average wage for manufacturing jobs in the region is $99,000.
—Arkansas Online, 8 Oct. 2025
The show employs their own glam professionals who all take turns perfecting each person's hair and makeup.
—Caroline Blair, PEOPLE, 8 Oct. 2025
The department also employs around 523 professional staff.
—Karen Kucher, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Oct. 2025
Kroger is the nation’s largest supermarket chain Based in downtown Cincinnati, Kroger employs 409,000 workers nationwide, including roughly 20,000 in Greater Cincinnati.
—Alexander Coolidge, USA Today, 8 Oct. 2025
In addition to offering previously unattainable data rates, Wi-Fi 7 employs new technologies to reduce latency, increase network capacity, and boost efficiency.
—Eric Zeman, PC Magazine, 8 Oct. 2025
Chandler Rome, New York Times, 22 Sep. 2025
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The firm employs a workforce of 470 employees, which now includes the 100 employees from Terotecna.
—Sofia Celeste, Footwear News, 10 Oct. 2025
Parra’s perspective stems from four decades at DHL, which employs nearly 600,000 people across 220 countries.
—Samuel Burke, Fortune, 9 Oct. 2025
Those are the questions of After the Hunt, and the reverberations will be as earth-shaking as the volume of the ticking-clock score that Guadagnino occasionally employs for tension.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 9 Oct. 2025
The steel industry employs nearly 2,900 people in Mississippi County and the average wage for manufacturing jobs in the region is $99,000.
—Arkansas Online, 8 Oct. 2025
The show employs their own glam professionals who all take turns perfecting each person's hair and makeup.
—Caroline Blair, PEOPLE, 8 Oct. 2025
The department also employs around 523 professional staff.
—Karen Kucher, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Oct. 2025
Kroger is the nation’s largest supermarket chain Based in downtown Cincinnati, Kroger employs 409,000 workers nationwide, including roughly 20,000 in Greater Cincinnati.
—Alexander Coolidge, USA Today, 8 Oct. 2025
In addition to offering previously unattainable data rates, Wi-Fi 7 employs new technologies to reduce latency, increase network capacity, and boost efficiency.
—Eric Zeman, PC Magazine, 8 Oct. 2025
Noun
But the depth of struggles beyond that must prompt some broader questions about philosophy or the type of hitters Houston employs.
—Chandler Rome, New York Times, 22 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for employs
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Grant hires Aaron to spend a night with him.—
Brent Lang,
Variety,
8 Oct. 2025
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Finolhu also exclusively sources fish from local fishermen and hires local artists and musicians.—
Taylor McIntyre,
Travel + Leisure,
5 Oct. 2025
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More than 95,000 customers agree on its power, and our commerce director Rachel Fletcher uses it on the regular to clean up pet messes.—
Kate McGregor,
Architectural Digest,
7 Oct. 2025
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In place of pesky underwire — which is uncomfortable at best, and downright painful at its worst — the bra uses a sturdy elastic band and adjustable straps to provide comfortable support.—
Clara McMahon,
PEOPLE,
7 Oct. 2025
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Things get complicated when Shay recruits the neighborhood creep for backup and Yaki brings in an ex-cop to smoke out his blackmailer.—
Jesse Whittock,
Deadline,
8 Oct. 2025
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McKinsey recruits men and women in near-equal numbers at the entry level and frequently touts the business case for gender diversity.—
Ruth Umoh,
Fortune,
8 Oct. 2025
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When the supermodel was introduced to French cosmetic doctor Jean-Louis Sebagh in Paris, France, she was spellbound by his revolutionary approach to age maintenance, which utilizes the extract of the rare Charentais cantaloupe.—
Izzy Baskette,
PEOPLE,
8 Oct. 2025
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This option by Neogen utilizes a three layer design, part of which is from 100% cotton mesh, that manually sloughs away dead skin cells.—
Conçetta Ciarlo,
Vogue,
8 Oct. 2025
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These are essentially gothic works, in which bleary, nocturnal isolation opens a door to bizarre impulses and uncanny transformations.—
Jessica Winter,
New Yorker,
8 Oct. 2025
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Contemporary critics placed him in the same — if not higher — calibre as European modern masters, while famed British sculptor Henry Moore saw Enwonwu as a protégé and even bought one of his early works, said Ogbechie.—
Suyin Haynes,
CNN Money,
8 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Its Roots & Shoots program, established in 1991, also engages young people in local efforts to protect animals and the environment.—
Saman Shafiq,
USA Today,
6 Oct. 2025
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And while the Picoult engages a tougher subject (a school shooting and its fallout), the other three titles in this crop are pure romantasy.—
Brittany Allen,
Literary Hub,
6 Oct. 2025
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The law applies to any company operating in California that uses massive amounts of computing power for model training, a threshold designed to regulate only cutting-edge developers while exempting smaller firms.—
Harry Booth,
Time,
8 Oct. 2025
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One of the biggest downsides of the card is that the 1X rate applies to general travel purchases, while many other premium cards pay elevated rates for all types of travel.—
David McMillin,
CNBC,
8 Oct. 2025
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The bank now has 38,000 employees, operates in 19 countries, and manages assets of more than $600 billion.—
Emma Hinchliffe,
Fortune,
7 Oct. 2025
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According to its website, the popular pizza chain, which was founded in 1971, operates 61 restaurants in Illinois, six in Indiana, two in Indiana and two in Wisconsin.—
Kelli Arseneau,
jsonline.com,
7 Oct. 2025
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“Employs.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/employs. Accessed 15 Oct. 2025.
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