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[em-ploi] / ɛmˈplɔɪ /




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“But as we look at private-sector jobs picking back up, it is broader than it had been in 2025—and it’s also very specific to industries that employ noncitizens,” he said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 6, 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

Even though you did not employ your golf buddy for financial services, you were a walking billboard for him for years, by association.

From MarketWatch • May 27, 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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