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employ

[em-ploi] / ɛmˈplɔɪ /




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Rinna compared the objectives of “RHOBH” to “The Traitors” and the different strategies she had to employ on the franchises.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 18, 2026

It is expected to employ about 1,000 workers once complete.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 12, 2026

Once operational, data centers typically employ very few workers on site.

From Barron's • Apr. 10, 2026

Together, these leading retail, hotel, meat-processing and food-service companies employ about 6.7 million Americans — one in every 25 U.S. workers.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 6, 2026

The time-tested strategy of using those who epitomize moral virtue as symbols in racial justice campaigns is far more difficult to employ in efforts to reform the criminal justice system.

From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander




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