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employ

[em-ploi] / ɛmˈplɔɪ /




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As the case wends its way through the courts, the government has not yet made good on its threat to break up NCAR's various labs, which currently employ about 800 people.

From Barron's • Jun. 1, 2026

She said that length is the No. 1 factor when deciding to employ it, followed by genre.

From Los Angeles Times • May 27, 2026

It made him the richest person in Catalonia and Mango has since grown to employ more than 16,000 people, generating turnover of €3.3bn in 2024.

From BBC • May 20, 2026

Your client base, meanwhile, is evergreen — or, to employ corporate lingo, “sticky.”

From MarketWatch • May 20, 2026

The groups abroad that provide these after-hours readings are called “Nighthawks” by the American radiologists that employ them.

From "The World Is Flat" by Thomas L. Friedman




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