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employed

[em-ploid] / ɛmˈplɔɪd /
ADJECTIVE
working
Synonyms
STRONGEST
engaged hired occupied
STRONG
busy inked laboring operating selected signed
WEAK
active at it at work in a job in collar in harness in place on board on duty on the job on the payroll plugging away
Antonyms
WEAK
idle inactive unemployed unengaged unoccupied

Example Sentences

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About 38% of employed respondents reported having training in using these AI tools is important, yet only 16% of employees respondents said their employers currently offered it.

From Barron's • Apr. 14, 2026

Zakia Zaghouani, 24, had been employed at the Sahara Hotel, a tourist destination in an unnamed Algerian city.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 14, 2026

I received a similar question recently from a reader who had employed a heating engineer to fix their central heating.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 14, 2026

The guard, from northern Evros, says his superior mentioned that this system was already being employed in the region's south.

From BBC • Apr. 14, 2026

For the last few years, I'd been employed as a creative executive at ABC Daytime, and I'd gotten adept at finding windows of opportunity to catch up on scripts.

From "Americanized" by Sara Saedi