employ
Example Sentences
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“If you can make things quicker, and you can make things at a price point that studios will say ‘yes,’ you can employ more people in aggregate and create jobs.”
From Los Angeles Times • May 13, 2026
Industries that heavily employ men are losing jobs, and the share of men working has flatlined.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 11, 2026
Sheerness Port - which imports large numbers of cars and fresh fruit - does employ hundreds of people, yet it once employed thousands.
From BBC • May 4, 2026
The Pentagon said its agreements allow it to employ those companies’ technologies for “lawful operational use.”
From MarketWatch • May 1, 2026
“I do not employ people whom I do not trust.”
From "Murder on the Orient Express" by Agatha Christie
Vocabulary lists containing employ
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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