employs 1 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of employ
1
as in hires
to provide with a paying job a new factory that will employ 500 people

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2
as in uses
to put into action or service looking for a job in which she can employ her considerable writing skills

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employs

2 of 2

noun

plural of employ
as in employments
the state of being provided with a paying job while you're under our employ, you can't do outside work for our competitors

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Recent Examples of employs
Verb
Others pointed out that California Forever has political clout because its chief lobbying firm, Axiom Advisors, employs several of Newsom’s friends and former officials. — Lia Russell, Sacbee.com, 26 Aug. 2026 Raley’s owns and runs more than 100 grocery stores and employs roughly 11,500 workers, according to the company’s website. — Queenie Wong, Los Angeles Times, 26 Aug. 2026 The deal with Porsche will be effective once the Indian software giant completes the acquisition of MHP, which employs around 4,500 people. — Priyanka Salve, CNBC, 25 Aug. 2026 Meta has operated its Dublin headquarters since 2009 and employs roughly 1,500 people in Ireland. — Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 25 Aug. 2026 The company also employs hundreds of third-party contractors to operate the site. — Todd Spangler, Variety, 25 Aug. 2026 Iran International employs about seven hundred people who work in bureaus around the world. — Cora Engelbrecht, New Yorker, 24 Aug. 2026 The electric hatch employs a 400-V architecture instead of the 800-V system found on the IONIQ 5, helping keep the price down. — New Atlas, 24 Aug. 2026 The company has invested more than $2 billion in the Lansing facility since 2022 and currently employs about 900 people there. — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 19 Aug. 2026
Noun
Calculating the interest-earning potential of a high-yield savings or money market account over the short term is relatively straightforward, since the variable rate each employs isn't likely to move dramatically in just a few months. — Angelica Leicht, CBS News, 1 May 2026 Micron did not respond Thursday to questions about how many workers Crucial employs and whether they will be laid off or land jobs elsewhere at the company. — Darin Oswald, Idaho Statesman, 5 Dec. 2025 But the depth of struggles beyond that must prompt some broader questions about philosophy or the type of hitters Houston employs. — Chandler Rome, New York Times, 22 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for employs
  1. hires
  2. uses
  3. works
  4. recruits
  5. utilizes
  6. engages
  7. applies
  8. operates
Verb
  • Shikiya’s new gig follows other recent Anonymous Content hires like Liza Burnett Fefferman as chief communications and marketing officer and Michael Sinclair as chief legal officer.
    — Chris Gardner, HollywoodReporter, 27 Aug. 2026
  • In the film, cartoon legend Coyote (who can’t speak, of course) hires a reluctant, unambitious lawyer Kevin Avery (East Bay native Will Forte) to be his mouthpiece and legal advocate.
    — Randy Myers, Mercury News, 26 Aug. 2026
Definition of hires
Verb
  • The department said the policies encouraged schools to conceal from parents whether their child uses different pronouns and allowed schools to print a different name on diplomas without parental knowledge.
    — Kendrick Calfee, Kansas City Star, 27 Aug. 2026
  • Your immune system needs iron to fight infections, and your body uses iron to make hemoglobin, the protein in red blood cells that carries oxygen from your lungs to other organs and tissues.
    — Anahad O’Connor, Washington Post, 27 Aug. 2026
Definition of uses
Noun
  • Her international exhibitions attracted huge crowds and her works often sold for more than $1 million.
    — Kaori Kaneko, USA Today, 27 Aug. 2026
  • Other highlights include the 50th anniversary of Anacostia Park’s beloved roller skating pavilion; fairs dedicated to works by female artists; and international festivals with food, music and dancing.
    — Mark Jenkins, Washington Post, 27 Aug. 2026
Definition of works
Verb
  • Most of the industry recruits everyone and trains almost no one — a model critics have compared to multilevel marketing.
    — Connie Etemadi, USA Today, 24 Aug. 2026
  • To update standards, the department recruits a committee of educators and experts from around the state who meet over several months and produce a recommendation for course descriptions and grade-level expectations and benchmarks.
    — Jessica Meszaros, Miami Herald, 21 Aug. 2026
Definition of recruits
Verb
  • The new research utilizes a combination of coral records extending back 1,000 years plus results from a suite of 12 state-of-the-art climate models to rule out natural climate variability as the cause for El Niño’s recent changes.
    — Andrew Freedman, CNN Money, 27 Aug. 2026
  • Clocking in at 30 minutes, Williams’ Quartet La Jolla is a five-part work that politely utilizes dissonance and sometimes abstract rhythms.
    — George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Aug. 2026
Definition of utilizes
Verb
  • Land facing uphill and one spine engages; land facing downhill and the other does the job without the need for a pilot to calculate the perfect approach angle.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 1 Sep. 2026
  • Specifically, the District engages parents to facilitate the logistical implementation of religious excusals under SB 1049.
    — Kelsy Mittauer, CBS News, 28 Aug. 2026
Definition of engages
Verb
  • The National Weather Service has issued an extreme heat warning that applies to more than 1 million people in San Diego County, mostly across inland valleys, foothills and mountains where high temperatures will approach or exceed 95 to 114 degrees.
    — Gary Robbins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Aug. 2026
  • The new minimum applies to more than 50 unsolved homicides and missing-person cases in tribal communities.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 25 Aug. 2026
Definition of applies
Verb
  • Beauty, where product development operates at warp speed comparatively, the beauty executive knows which categories can be fast-tracked to market and which need more time.
    — Kaleigh Werner, Footwear News, 31 Aug. 2026
  • Both were familiar with the Plaza’s owners, the company which owns and operates Dallas’s historic high-end shopping district, Highland Park Village.
    — Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 31 Aug. 2026
Definition of operates

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“Employs.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/employs. Accessed 3 Sep. 2026.

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