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employ

[em-ploi] / ɛmˈplɔɪ /




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As part of the agreement, Meta has to employ a minimum of 500 people at the site at all times.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 12, 2026

They say they hope to employ carers to be shared between residents when and if the need arises.

From BBC • Jun. 5, 2026

“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

In speeches, he urged white colleges to employ Negro professors.

From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly




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