employee
noun
em·ploy·ee
im-ˌplȯ(i)-ˈē 
(ˌ)em-;
im-ˈplȯ(i)-ˌē
em-
variants
or less commonly employe
: one employed by another usually for wages or salary and in a position below the executive level
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A good boss listens to his employees.
The company has more than 2,000 employees worldwide.
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The messages also had threats to other pupils and school employees, the release said.
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Amber Corrine, VIBE.com, 14 Feb. 2025
What Zuckerberg didn’t say in his five-minute monologue was that Meta would use its own internal moderators to censor employee criticism of his plan.
—Jonathan Vanian, CNBC, 14 Feb. 2025
The audit marks part of the broader effort led by Democratic lawmakers and federal employee unions to provide transparency and accountability about DOGE’s activities under President Donald Trump’s Republican administration.
—Fatima Hussein, Chicago Tribune, 14 Feb. 2025
The messages also had threats to other pupils and school employees, the release said.
—Ishani Desai, Sacramento Bee, 14 Feb. 2025
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employee
noun
em·ploy·ee
im-ˌplȯi-ˈē
(ˌ)em-
(ˌ)em-
im-ˈplȯi-ˌē,
em-
: one who works for another for wages or a salary
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