Thesaurus results for EMPLOYERS

employers

noun

plural of employer

as in administrators

a person or company that has people who do work for wages or a salary; a person or company that has employees It was the employer's responsibility to improve workplace safety. Your travel expenses should be paid for by your employer.

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Recent Examples of employers The financial impact is equally significant for employers, as cancer care continues to be the leading driver of employer healthcare costs, according to the Business Group on Health. — Brad Kreick, Forbes.com, 16 Oct. 2026 The ability for employees to find the best opportunities for themselves and for employers to find the best candidates for the job help to drive innovation, which drives productivity, which drives growth, Richardson has said. — Alicia Wallace, CNN Money, 16 Oct. 2026 My findings suggest that remote work can be a benefit that employers and employees may overlook. — Vanessa M. Conzon, The Conversation, 16 Oct. 2026 The Walton fortune rests on wages so low that a federal watchdog found Walmart among the biggest employers of workers on Medicaid and food stamps. — Christopher Marquis, Time, 16 Oct. 2026 To try to combat this, employers may offer retention bonuses or other incentives to high performers or other employees in roles critical to the restructure, Rousseau says. — Sarah Jackson, CNBC, 16 Oct. 2026 Instead of panic, Shapero said employers should see their staff’s posts as free advertising. — Orianna Rosa Royle, Fortune, 15 Oct. 2026 Earlier this month, the government said that businesses and other employers added just 29,000 jobs in September, down from 133,000 in August and below what economists had forecast. — Matt Ott, Los Angeles Times, 15 Oct. 2026 To get around these requirements, some employers outsource to subcontracting firms. — Laina Gustafson, Christian Science Monitor, 15 Oct. 2026

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Cuban wants standardized contracts for pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) and third-party administrators.

— Emma Witman, Fortune, 21 Oct. 2026
Local school boards and district administrators typically determine how public schools are run.

— Daniel H. Robinson, The Conversation, 20 Oct. 2026

Definition of administrators

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Designed for CMOs, CCOs, and senior leaders across marketing, communications, media, and technology, this intimate gathering will bring together executives navigating these shifts in real time.

— semafor.com, semafor.com, 19 Oct. 2026
The event was attended by some of Hollywood’s most prolific and notable actors, filmmakers, and industry executives as well as members of the event’s host committee who came together to support the museum.

— Vanity Fair, Vanity Fair, 18 Oct. 2026

Definition of executives

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Watching games with base runners, tough at-bats and actual strategy by managers is much more enjoyable than strikeouts and home runs with no one on base.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 17 Oct. 2026
According to Bank of America, timber managers acquired 55% of all acres that changed hands in 2025 against just 15% sold.

— Kevin Williams, CNBC, 17 Oct. 2026

Definition of managers

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The committees, which are made up of independent directors, would need to agree on the transaction terms of any deal before putting it to shareholders for a vote.

— Miranda Jeyaretnam, Time, 21 Oct. 2026
Every year, Noting’s fan community elects a community board observer, a volunteer who attends the company’s quarterly board meetings and presents customers’ views on products and launches to its directors.

— Sam Birchall, Fortune, 20 Oct. 2026

Definition of directors

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Chen advised supervisors facing decision fatigue to review shots within their sequences rather than obsess over individual frames.

— Davide Abbatescianni, Variety, 15 Oct. 2026
That has to happen by a county board of supervisors voting to put a data center in your backyard.

— Lila Seidman, Los Angeles Times, 14 Oct. 2026

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