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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 possible walkout could involve tens of thousands of employees and affect more than 500,000 students across the nation’s second-largest school district.
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Teresa Liu, Daily News, 4 Apr. 2026
As word spread around city hall that morning that Metayer hadn’t shown up, city employees told Police Chief Mock that they were concerned about the vice mayor’s whereabouts.
—Amanda Rosa, Miami Herald, 4 Apr. 2026
The Biden administration had increased the size of the TSA, which has nearly 60,000 employees, as air travel has increased in recent years.
—Reuters, USA Today, 4 Apr. 2026
The hackathon also highlighted how AI can enhance—not replace—employees’ expertise.
—Angela Velasquez, Footwear News, 3 Apr. 2026
Earlier this week, a notice was posted on Georgia's WARN Act database showing 497 employees would be laid off come June 1.
—Emily McLeod, CBS News, 3 Apr. 2026
Approximately 40 people in the store at the time, including employees, were rounded up in the front, though there were exceptions.
—Graham Womack, Sacbee.com, 3 Apr. 2026
None of the 30 customers and employees inside the building were hurt, and the truck driver had minor injuries, police said in a news release.
—Meg Wingerter, Denver Post, 3 Apr. 2026
The report’s headline finding—claiming that just six per cent of federal employees work full time in their offices—was quickly debunked.
—Charlie Tyson, The New Yorker, 15 Mar. 2025
Teresa Liu, Daily News, 4 Apr. 2026
As word spread around city hall that morning that Metayer hadn’t shown up, city employees told Police Chief Mock that they were concerned about the vice mayor’s whereabouts.
—Amanda Rosa, Miami Herald, 4 Apr. 2026
The Biden administration had increased the size of the TSA, which has nearly 60,000 employees, as air travel has increased in recent years.
—Reuters, USA Today, 4 Apr. 2026
The hackathon also highlighted how AI can enhance—not replace—employees’ expertise.
—Angela Velasquez, Footwear News, 3 Apr. 2026
Earlier this week, a notice was posted on Georgia's WARN Act database showing 497 employees would be laid off come June 1.
—Emily McLeod, CBS News, 3 Apr. 2026
Approximately 40 people in the store at the time, including employees, were rounded up in the front, though there were exceptions.
—Graham Womack, Sacbee.com, 3 Apr. 2026
None of the 30 customers and employees inside the building were hurt, and the truck driver had minor injuries, police said in a news release.
—Meg Wingerter, Denver Post, 3 Apr. 2026
The report’s headline finding—claiming that just six per cent of federal employees work full time in their offices—was quickly debunked.
—Charlie Tyson, The New Yorker, 15 Mar. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for employees
workers
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The union and workers agreed to return to work after the company agreed to return for two days of face-to-face contract negotiations beginning April 9.—
Logan Smith,
CBS News,
5 Apr. 2026
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Seven months later, just eleven kilometres from the coral garden, a blowout on BP’s Deepwater Horizon drilling rig caused an explosion that killed eleven workers and sent oil gushing up from the seafloor.—
Jeffrey Marlow,
New Yorker,
5 Apr. 2026
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“Employees.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/employees. Accessed 7 Apr. 2026.
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