employ

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The Southern California operation will employ more than 200 people by next year, adding hundreds more in the coming years, executives said.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 7, 2026

Thank goodness that these tech-founder podcasters who are now in Altman’s employ will still be fair when talking about OpenAI.

From Slate • Apr. 7, 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

Unions often conduct voter-registration and ballot drives at work sites that employ large numbers of noncitizens, including farms, hotels and healthcare facilities.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 5, 2026

“What sort of clods does that newspaper employ on its photographic staff? My features are barely distinguishable.”

From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole