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also employe
as in worker
one who works for another for wages or a salary
an employer who was loved and admired by generations of employees
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Recent Examples of employee
The top official of the Day Care Council of New York even hopes that building owners will consider subsidizing the salaries of child care employees in their buildings.
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James Barron, New York Times, 14 Apr. 2025
Cartwright had been staying in the mill overnight with employees and armed reservists from the Cumberland militia, one of many military units dispatched to centers of unrest.
—John Cassidy, New Yorker, 14 Apr. 2025
At some point after posting the video, police said the man got into a confrontation with a Richardson Mortuary employee, and the employee stabbed him, KPRC reported.
—Mitchell Willetts, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 13 Apr. 2025
This includes anti-religious bias committed by department employees in their official duties against members of the public.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 Apr. 2025
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James Barron, New York Times, 14 Apr. 2025
Cartwright had been staying in the mill overnight with employees and armed reservists from the Cumberland militia, one of many military units dispatched to centers of unrest.
—John Cassidy, New Yorker, 14 Apr. 2025
At some point after posting the video, police said the man got into a confrontation with a Richardson Mortuary employee, and the employee stabbed him, KPRC reported.
—Mitchell Willetts, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 13 Apr. 2025
This includes anti-religious bias committed by department employees in their official duties against members of the public.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for employee
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“Employee.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/employee. Accessed 23 Apr. 2025.
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