employ
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There are a few tax-saving strategies you can employ whether you have a high income or are planning early retirement, often as part of year-end tax planning, to soften the impact of the widow’s penalty:
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 22, 2026
Canada’s motorcycle lobby has appealed for a truce, noting that dealerships employ thousands of people.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 21, 2026
Several parents who employ house managers said they wish all families could afford one; that the benefit be seen as normal and not a luxury.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 14, 2026
Since Steam’s 1969 hit and “Hey Jude” both employ a common non-lexical vocable, it follows that sports fans in their home countries have adopted each for their own purposes.
From Salon ● Sep. 13, 2026
In return, we employ our staff from their villages, buy fruit and vegetables, and pay for wild fruits to be collected from the trees.
From "My Life with the Chimpanzees" by Jane Goodall
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He added: "Who employs people? Where are they based? Who are they accountable to? What happens to existing council teams and local jobs? None of that is clear yet."
From BBC ● Sep. 22, 2026
That’s how much of my time it was taking before,” said David Rudy, talent manager, producer and father of 6-month-old identical twin boys who employs a house manager.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 14, 2026
Allocators may require higher yields before moving wholesale into bonds, regardless of what measures the Treasury Department employs in the market to cap yields.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 11, 2026
Belron employs around 32,000 people globally and operates in 42 countries through a mix of wholly owned businesses and franchises.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026
No actual writing system employs one strategy exclusively.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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More than 800 people employed at hydropower projects in Nepal remain unaccounted for, the energy minister told parliament last week.
From Barron's ● Sep. 26, 2026
Bass said she always has been a proponent of approaches that don’t involve police, some of which are employed by her Office of Community Safety.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 24, 2026
In July, Russia employed a different AI-enabled drone in combat that demonstrated a less comprehensive form of autonomous targeting.
From Salon ● Sep. 24, 2026
“We’ve seen the oil majors effectively reduce their exposure to that sector because the returns on actual capital employed have been poor,” Gelder said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 19, 2026
“Some of the most insidious tricks employed tonight will involve artifice and illusion. Without the milk you could be even more susceptible. It would only broaden their ability to mask their true appearance.”
From "Fablehaven" by Brandon Mull
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"Space control encapsulates the mission areas required to contest and control the space domain -- employing kinetic and non-kinetic means to affect adversary capabilities," the statement said.
From Barron's ● Sep. 15, 2026
Often this means employing a one-in, one-out rule, placing her in a near constant circle of life on Facebook Marketplace to avoid clutter.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026
Volkswagen is bloated, employing many more workers per car produced than competitors.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 2026
He’s just employing the classic false promises of any grifter running a get-rich-quick scheme.
From Salon ● Sep. 2, 2026
Colin began by employing a strategy he'd just invented called the “windmill,” which involved windmilling his arms around to keep his attacker at bay.
From "An Abundance of Katherines" by John Green
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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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