employ
Example Sentences
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“Globally, creative professions employ over 50 million people worldwide who produce roughly $12 trillion of economic value a year.”
From MarketWatch • Jun. 2, 2026
"We employ a straightforward stacking approach to integrate ultra-thin materials with metasurfaces, overcoming the technical challenges of direct material growth on photonic structures, and enabling further advances in valleytronics," Dr. Xing said.
From Science Daily • Jun. 2, 2026
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
"The government needs to make it economically beneficial to employ young people once again."
From BBC • May 29, 2026
Others said that we should approach this issue not from the point of view of principles but of tactics, and that we should employ the method demanded by the conditions.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
Vocabulary lists containing employ
Jim Burke's Academic Vocabulary List
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"To Kill a Mockingbird" by Harper Lee, Chapters 1–6
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The Boy in the Striped Pajamas
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