be employed

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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

Cunningham, who launched the space last year, said it enabled people to "still be employed in roles that in the past might have required presence in a city office".

From BBC • Apr. 6, 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

Clinicians may be employed by Optum Health directly, or otherwise affiliated with the company.

From Barron's • Feb. 4, 2026

He took pride in knowing the ways and mires, and was, after his fashion, content to be employed away from the eye of censure and the lash.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson