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also employes
as in workers
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 employees
The addition is expected to expand access to around 125 more students and 30 employees over seven years.
—
Kate Perez, Chicago Tribune, 23 May 2026
The closure will affect 205 employees at the New Britain Facility, Gravalec wrote.
—Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 22 May 2026
That added to the explosive ending, which brought cheers from SpaceX employees watching the video stream from Texas.
—Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 22 May 2026
The Qualtrics 2026 Employee Experience Trends report found that 52% of employees are now using AI with high frequency at work, an increase from the prior year.
—Jason Richmond, Forbes.com, 22 May 2026
Thursday’s resolutions listed 93 classified employees and one preschool employee set to receive final layoff notices.
—Chaewon Chung, Sacbee.com, 22 May 2026
Team leaders will challenge employees to double the productivity of a manufacturing line by the end of the week, for example, and will typically hear that the goal is impossible.
—Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson, semafor.com, 22 May 2026
The layoffs do not affect its coffeehouse employees.
—Amelia Lucas, CNBC, 15 May 2026
According to an internal memo to employees Tuesday, the segmentation of employees often led to duplicate or redundant work, with different teams working on similar projects.
—Glenn Taylor, Footwear News, 15 May 2026
Kate Perez, Chicago Tribune, 23 May 2026
The closure will affect 205 employees at the New Britain Facility, Gravalec wrote.
—Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 22 May 2026
That added to the explosive ending, which brought cheers from SpaceX employees watching the video stream from Texas.
—Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 22 May 2026
The Qualtrics 2026 Employee Experience Trends report found that 52% of employees are now using AI with high frequency at work, an increase from the prior year.
—Jason Richmond, Forbes.com, 22 May 2026
Thursday’s resolutions listed 93 classified employees and one preschool employee set to receive final layoff notices.
—Chaewon Chung, Sacbee.com, 22 May 2026
Team leaders will challenge employees to double the productivity of a manufacturing line by the end of the week, for example, and will typically hear that the goal is impossible.
—Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson, semafor.com, 22 May 2026
The layoffs do not affect its coffeehouse employees.
—Amelia Lucas, CNBC, 15 May 2026
According to an internal memo to employees Tuesday, the segmentation of employees often led to duplicate or redundant work, with different teams working on similar projects.
—Glenn Taylor, Footwear News, 15 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for employees
workers
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Passed in the final days of session and signed into law by Lamont earlier this week, the bill was praised as a massive victory for the state’s labor community and has been strongly embraced by unions and workers advocacy groups.—
P.R. Lockhart,
Hartford Courant,
17 May 2026
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Sections of roadwork, albeit with no workers.—
Weike Wang,
New Yorker,
17 May 2026
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“Employees.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/employees. Accessed 23 May. 2026.
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