employ
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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
However, in the wake of widespread layoffs at various companies that employ entertainment writers, this closing of ranks within the world of entertainment publicity creates an “us vs. them” mentality.
From Salon ● Sep. 9, 2026
While a large data centre can employ more than a thousand workers during construction, research says that number drops to more like 100 jobs once the centre is operational.
From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026
Service companies such as banks, retailers and restaurants, which employ most Americans, have posted stronger growth this year after a rough patch in 2025.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 3, 2026
In speeches, he urged white colleges to employ Negro professors.
From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly
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It employs 169 people in total, including more than 45 full-time lobbyists.
From Barron's ● Sep. 11, 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
It employs about 30,000 people in its UK operations, with approximately 10,000 people employed at plants overseas.
From BBC ● Sep. 5, 2026
It’s now the largest supplier of seamless gutters in Texas, employs around 350 people and had around $50 million in sales in 2021, according to the National Establishment Time Series database.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026
The company owns factories, machinery and showrooms, and employs mechanics, accountants and secretaries, but all these together do not comprise Peugeot.
From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari
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David Kennedy from the Scottish Police Federation says more dangerous tactics are also employed.
From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026
“Compared to this time last year, there are 870,000 more women employed in the U.S., according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, and 1.5 million fewer employed men,” she writes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 2026
While employed as a U-2 spy plane pilot for the CIA, Powers was shot down over the Soviet Union in 1960.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2026
Children raised in two-parent families in which one parent is employed full time already have a host of advantages, while children raised in low-income single-parent households are more likely to face significant challenges.
From Slate ● Sep. 14, 2026
I grudged the months I had spent with her, employed by her, taking her money, trotting in her wake like a shadow, drab and dumb.
From "Rebecca" by Daphne du Maurier
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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
Even people who work at these companies, or who run them, seem to understand this, but that hasn’t stopped them from employing every tactic possible to avoid responsibility.
From Salon ● Sep. 5, 2026
It has since expanded to be one of the largest beef processors in the U.S. and Brazil, employing about 280,000 people in more than 20 countries.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 1, 2026
“Bruuuuuuce!” he wheezed with forced cheer, employing his trademark frat-boyish greeting.
From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer
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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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