be employed

Example Sentences

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In New York, for instance, infants under 15 days old may not be employed as child performers.

From MarketWatch • May 26, 2026

“Young people with college degrees are more likely to be employed, they are more likely to be earning money,” said Hershbein.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026

But he added: "We need to see further, more fundamental solutions be employed to actually bring down costs overall to the system."

From BBC • Mar. 23, 2026

More than 4,500 cast and crew members will be employed across the 16 shows, along with more than 50,000 background actors, the film commission said.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 18, 2026

For hypotheses should be employed only in explaining the properties of things, but not assumed in determining them; unless so far as they may furnish experiments.

From "The Scientists" by John Gribbin