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[em-ploi] / ɛmˈplɔɪ /




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Most states employ a variation of this Medicaid financing gimmick, otherwise known as provider taxes.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026

The Department for Education has so far provided funding to 25 local areas to employ coordinators to help children re-establish or develop new relationships with trusted adults.

From BBC • Jun. 4, 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

And invoking my being a guest was one of the strongest strategies you could employ in taarof.

From "Darius the Great Is Not Okay" by Adib Khorram




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