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[em-ploi] / ɛmˈplɔɪ /




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Radev said that, following the latest incident, Bulgaria had boosted its surveillance and would redeploy troops and soldiers to the borders to detect drones and employ anti-drone measures.

From Barron's Aug. 8, 2026

Starting a year ago, the court itself began to employ the term biological sex in equal-protection decisions in which transgender claimants challenged laws imposing requirements for gender-affirming care, passport identification, and participation in sports.

From Slate Aug. 7, 2026

Mike Casey, an adviser in Alexandria, Va., has had many clients employ this conversion strategy, mostly because they already had significant savings and knew more work was coming.

From MarketWatch Jul. 28, 2026

Irving and its peers employ a so-called management services organization, or MSO, model, which keeps the legal side separate from the piece that houses technology and any intellectual property.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 26, 2026

Moreover, Holmes offered to employ Julia as a clerk in the drugstore and to train her to keep his books.

From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson

Construction, which employs a lot of immigrant workers, added 22,000 jobs last month, with gains concentrated in the specialty-trade contracting work that continues to benefit from the AI build-out.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 8, 2026

In federal filings, the nonprofit says it runs 16 facilities in L.A. and Orange counties and employs about 170 people.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 6, 2026

The closures have fuelled concern over the future of a sector that employs more than 4.5 million people, most of them women.

From Barron's Aug. 5, 2026

Wildberries - often described as Russia's Amazon - employs some 48,000 people.

From BBC Aug. 2, 2026

"Rose Johnson is a teacher here," she informs Dr. Williams, as if he doesn't know the school employs Shanti's other grandmother.

From "You Bring the Distant Near" by Mitali Perkins

Teams of human moderators once employed by all the major platforms have been gutted.

From Salon Aug. 6, 2026

He obtained a college degree, is employed as a drug counselor, and still finds time to give back to the people through his illustrations.

From Slate Aug. 6, 2026

That refers to systematic strategies employed by hedge funds and other big investors automatically buying when volatility is down.

From MarketWatch Aug. 5, 2026

The duo studied dusty LPs from Mexico and Colombia and employed a panoply of vintage keyboards to re-create the ghostly sounds of a Latin America that ceased to exist decades ago.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 4, 2026

“Yes, my parents are employed at the music conservatory. My sister went to America. I’m desperate to join her.”

From "The Bletchley Riddle" by Ruta Sepetys and Steve Sheinkin

Raleigh was founded in Nottingham in 1887 and at one stage was the biggest bicycle maker in the world, employing about 8,000 people at its peak.

From BBC Aug. 6, 2026

It serves children and adults alike, coaching parents on reaching their goals, connecting them with services and even employing them.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 3, 2026

On Thursday, the Philippines accused the China Coast Guard of employing water cannon and dangerous manoeuvres at Scarborough.

From Barron's Jul. 24, 2026

Many job seekers are employing artificial intelligence to rehearse asking for a higher salary by using large language models like Claude or ChatGPT to practice a mock negotiation.

From MarketWatch Jul. 22, 2026

Two years later, he was working for himself and employing a dozen men.

From "Zeitoun" by Dave Eggers




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