employ
Example Sentences
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The Southern California operation will employ more than 200 people by next year, adding hundreds more in the coming years, executives said.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 7, 2026
Thank goodness that these tech-founder podcasters who are now in Altman’s employ will still be fair when talking about OpenAI.
From Slate • Apr. 7, 2026
Unions often conduct voter-registration and ballot drives at work sites that employ large numbers of noncitizens, including farms, hotels and healthcare facilities.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 5, 2026
Yet, despite demanding exorbitant capital, these industries don’t actually employ that many people.
From Barron's • Apr. 2, 2026
Using Holmes’s instructions, workmen in the employ of undertaker John J. O’Rourke filled a coffin with cement, then placed Holmes’s body inside and covered it with more cement.
From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson
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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Christmas Carol Vocab: A Lyrical Lexicon
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