as in engaged
involved in often constant activity
insisted that the children be employed in some useful activity, even during school vacations
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as in hired
to provide with a paying job
a new factory that will employ 500 people
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as in used
to put into action or service
looking for a job in which she can employ her considerable writing skills
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Recent Examples of employed
Jennifer Palmer, Oklahoma Watch, 9 Jan. 2026
DeCristo, who is still employed by the university as an assistant professor in the American Studies Department, did not respond to a request for comment from Bee.
—Ishani Desai, Sacbee.com, 8 Jan. 2026
While the school denied Kiffin’s request to coach at Ole Miss through the end of the season, assistants who wanted to stay were allowed to, which means some of the coaches on the sidelines for its first two playoff wins were technically employed by the Tigers.
—Rohan Nadkarni, NBC news, 8 Jan. 2026
For her, success in January looks like covering costs, keeping staff employed and creating interesting drink options.
—Data Reporter, Austin American Statesman, 8 Jan. 2026
Nida, who has been employed by the sheriff’s office since 2005, is on administrative investigative leave without pay.
—Sofia Saric, Miami Herald, 8 Jan. 2026
But the most compelling aspect of these eight episodes, set a year after Industry sold off the Pierpoint bank that once employed most of its characters and scattered them to London’s various elite cloisters, is the sense that money has never really been the point of the show.
—Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 7 Jan. 2026
To analyze the core samples, the team employed a process known as luminescence dating.
—New Atlas, 7 Jan. 2026
Greg Bovino and his agents employed brutal tactics and, a federal judge found, lied about them.
—Steve Chapman, Chicago Tribune, 7 Jan. 2026
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Student enrollment at Epic had swelled to 60,000 students in 2020-21, the first year of the coronavirus pandemic, and the school employed more than 1,600 teachers that year.
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Those late audits have caused ongoing comments by engaged residents who are perplexed that year after year the town’s government is not able to provide the same audit the state’s other 168 municipalities complete and submit to the public and the state’s budget office.—
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Guiliani said her students have been more engaged and focused.—
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Reuters reported Thursday that Comcast had hired bankers from Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley to sort through a potential bid for some of WBD’s assets.—
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Investigations found the voicemails of public figures were hacked by journalists and private investigators hired by publications who worked on the assumption that few people changed the default voicemail access code their handset came with.—
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However, Corbett was used as a utility fill-in starter at left guard, center and right guard for the remainder of the season.—
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Elisa, a Concord resident who asked that her last name not be used, said the incident reflects a broader sense of fear within communities.—
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But such diligent injury prevention doesn’t address the root cause of Rec League Dysmorphia.—
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Iran thus has every right to demand that the IAEA be diligent in observing its own procedures and codes of conduct on impartiality, objectivity, confidentiality, and sensitivity to national security concerns in exchange for continued cooperation.—
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Upon arrival, officers found the injured man and woman, and the officers applied a tourniquet and recruited help from emergency medical personnel, per the release from PPB.—
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To help fill the gap, the research team relied on data from 27,670 adults in Sweden recruited to provide dietary data between 1991 and 1996.—
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The force utilized by Sterling Heights Police Officer conforms to Michigan law, as well as applicable agency policy, standards, and guidelines.—
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In the United Kingdom, fashion consumption utilized 30,258 square kilometers of land, or roughly the same size as Belgium, in parts of Africa, Asia and Latin America.—
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Visiting the restaurant has become an expression of the purest form of Panthers fandom — and that’s helped make this week quite busy ahead of the Panthers’ first home playoff game in 10 years.—
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Those who remain are concentrated in Venezuela’s cities, including its capital, Caracas, where the street market in the Catia neighborhood once was so busy that shoppers bumped into one another and dodged oncoming traffic.—
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Macro factors like lower consumer demand, higher material and labor costs, and a trend in consumer trade-down to lower margin tire products have applied significant margin and growth pressure.—
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And some Venezuelans, who applied to renew earlier this year, had their TPS extended through early April.—
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“Employed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/employed. Accessed 12 Jan. 2026.
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