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[em-ploi] / ɛmˈplɔɪ /




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Some would require companies to disclose more about how their systems work and what safeguards they employ.

From Barron's ● Sep. 29, 2026

We share a similar responsibility to employ emerging technologies to inspire hearts and minds.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026

There are a few tax-saving strategies you can employ whether you have a high income or are planning early retirement, often as part of year-end tax planning, to soften the impact of the widow’s penalty:

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 22, 2026

Assembly Bill 2222 would create refundable tax credits for California local news organizations based on the number of journalists they employ.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 19, 2026

Dimarion placed a hand over his heart, and said, his voice laced with venom, “I had a source in the employ of a certain captain we know...a fine woman dear to both our hearts.”

From "The Reader" by Traci Chee

Some AI safety researchers had previously expressed their concern that an earlier version of the model employs new methods of reasoning that might not be traceable using current tools.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026

Mound, 31, employs around 35 people in his Boston-based company, founded in 2020, and wants to triple his head count in five years.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 30, 2026

The Oakland-based non-profit employs about 180,000 people in California.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 29, 2026

He added: "Who employs people? Where are they based? Who are they accountable to? What happens to existing council teams and local jobs? None of that is clear yet."

From BBC ● Sep. 22, 2026

The company owns factories, machinery and showrooms, and employs mechanics, accountants and secretaries, but all these together do not comprise Peugeot.

From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari

He said: "We employed 14 or 15 people here but we've had to let everyone go. It's a bitter pill to swallow."

From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026

According to prosecutors, Rush, while employed by the CIA, created a fictitious classified program to obtain government funds and then used them for his personal benefit.

From Barron's ● Oct. 6, 2026

The overacting is exhausting because it’s not only Iñárritu’s creative choice, but rather the methods employed by the play-within-a-movie’s director.

From Salon ● Oct. 5, 2026

In Reneé Rapp–esque wire-framed glasses, he no longer looked like the youngest billionaire in recent history but rather a precariously employed part-time DJ with a menthol-cigarette problem.

From Slate ● Oct. 3, 2026

“You don’t need a pass to leave; you can leave whenever you want, but you have to prove you’re employed and be back by seven o’clock.”

From "It’s Kind of a Funny Story" by Ned Vizzini

The company employing Anojan notified the authorities in Saudi Arabia who registered a case against him, according to Hamsidan.

From BBC ● Oct. 5, 2026

The city is employing AI-powered cameras to identify and cite violators.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026

I also see a clear opportunity to make the work better, specifically by carefully employing artificial intelligence.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026

The term’s meaning depends on who’s employing it.

From Salon ● Sep. 27, 2026

The principal players, meantime, rehearsed Hamlet endlessly, employing a slightly different version each day, as Mr. Shakespeare deleted or added passages to suit the fancy of the master of revels.

From "The Shakespeare Stealer" by Gary L. Blackwood




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