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
The program is different from places like The Golden Scoop, an ice cream shop in Overland Park that employs adults with disabilities over longer terms, according to Morgan. — Kansas City Star, 15 Oct. 2026 According to the site’s masthead, the operation—including its video production arm, Texas FilmWorks—employs a staff of more than 40. — Daniel Libit, Sportico.com, 13 Oct. 2026 Kodiak employs a retired California Highway Patrol officer who works with law enforcement on how to interact with driverless trucks. — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 12 Oct. 2026 To achieve this, Danu’s robot employs a mixture of cameras, AI, and robotic arms to identify and sort waste much like a human would. — Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 10 Oct. 2026 Siemens Healthineers is a medical technology company headquartered in Erlangen, Germany, and employs 74,000 people worldwide. — Sam Birchall, Fortune, 8 Oct. 2026 Rebel Audio, which came out of stealth mode in March 2026, employs AI tools to help creators record, edit, publish, translate, distribute and monetize their content. — Caitlin Huston, HollywoodReporter, 8 Oct. 2026 Massy Group, founded and headquartered in Trinidad, employs more than 13,000 people across nearly 60 companies in the Caribbean. — Panorama Media Ltd, Miami Herald, 8 Oct. 2026 Know More Costa Coffee has 2,700 outlets in the UK and Ireland and employs 20,000 people. — Leah Quinn, semafor.com, 8 Oct. 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
  • The facility hires the sorts of people who fix their own motorcycles.
    — Gideon Lewis-Kraus, New Yorker, 19 Oct. 2026
  • This is what happens when a major conference hires a network suit with a baseball background to run things.
    — Joe Kinsey OutKick, FOXNews.com, 17 Oct. 2026
Definition of hires
Verb
  • Jerry Turner, founder of the nonprofit Jahri's World, uses music, movement and dance to connect with children, including those with disabilities, while bringing families together.
    — Kayla Moeller, CBS News, 13 Oct. 2026
  • The fix can be effective for some tasks, analysts say, but uses significantly more electricity.
    — Simone McCarthy, CNN Money, 13 Oct. 2026
Definition of uses
Noun
  • Keynesianism gets a brain freeze John Maynard Keynes is basically the father of macroeconomics, the study of how the entire economy works, including what the government can do to fight recessions, boost employment, and control inflation.
    — Greg Rosalsky, NPR, 13 Oct. 2026
  • Several works confront the digital systems shaping contemporary life, subverting algorithms and finding room for human error and agency.
    — Matthew Carey, Deadline, 13 Oct. 2026
Definition of works
Verb
  • Street Fighters Ryu and Ken reunite when Chun-Li (Callina Liang) recruits them for the World Warrior Tournament.
    — Karla Rodriguez, Footwear News, 13 Oct. 2026
  • Bénédictine is composed of 27 herbs and spices and bottled at 80 proof, which all seems like a lot, except when compared to Yellow Chartreuse, which recruits some 130 herbs and spices, and is currently bottled at 86 proof.
    — Jeremy Repanich, Robb Report, 10 Oct. 2026
Definition of recruits
Verb
  • Alaska utilizes a top-four primary, in which the four highest vote-getters from the August primary advance to the general election.
    — Christian Datoc, The Washington Examiner, 14 Oct. 2026
  • Chula Vista, which has wholly embraced such technologies, also utilizes AI to write police reports.
    — Jakob McWhinney, Los Angeles Times, 13 Oct. 2026
Definition of utilizes
Verb
  • Ironically, the one spot where Dearborn Park genuinely engages the cityscape is along the west side of State south of Roosevelt where a row of single-family homes follows Chicago’s typical development pattern.
    — Edward Keegan, Chicago Tribune, 4 Oct. 2026
  • The combined implication of transitivity and the infinitive verb is that, speaking conceptually, the artist engages a category of encounter that is absolute, while process and contingency govern the actuality of the work as a function of time.
    — Jeffrey Weiss, Artforum, 1 Oct. 2026
Definition of engages
Verb
  • The approach applies manufacturing practices to research and development, allowing engineers and machinists to modify components and processes quickly as designs evolve.
    — Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 15 Oct. 2026
  • The event’s organizer argues the law applies to contests between people, not robots.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 13 Oct. 2026
Definition of applies
Verb
  • Beyond rocket production, Blue Origin operates facilities across Cocoa, Melbourne, Orlando, and Titusville.
    — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 17 Oct. 2026
  • Djrum is the rare DJ who operates almost entirely outside the world of genre; his sets swing from breakcore to IDM, jungle to techno, garage to field recordings to—well—whatever, really, depending on mood.
    — Ben Cardew, Pitchfork, 17 Oct. 2026
Definition of operates

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