as in administrator
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 employer
Lowe’s home improvement chain, one of the Charlotte region’s largest employers, has just cut hundreds of jobs.
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Charlotte Observer, 13 Feb. 2026
An au pair who schemed with her employer-turned-lover to kill his wife and another man received a 10-year sentence on Friday.
—CBS News, 13 Feb. 2026
Efforts to reduce the stigma — including state resources to help employers hire workers in recovery — haven’t erased the challenge of finding work.
—Miranda Dunlap, jsonline.com, 13 Feb. 2026
For employers and plan sponsors, that means building benefit strategies around clear data, practical insight, and long-term sustainability rather than short-term fixes.
—Lyssanoel Frater, USA Today, 13 Feb. 2026
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Charlotte Observer, 13 Feb. 2026
An au pair who schemed with her employer-turned-lover to kill his wife and another man received a 10-year sentence on Friday.
—CBS News, 13 Feb. 2026
Efforts to reduce the stigma — including state resources to help employers hire workers in recovery — haven’t erased the challenge of finding work.
—Miranda Dunlap, jsonline.com, 13 Feb. 2026
For employers and plan sponsors, that means building benefit strategies around clear data, practical insight, and long-term sustainability rather than short-term fixes.
—Lyssanoel Frater, USA Today, 13 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for employer
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That could mean school administrators will have hard decisions of their own on what programs to offer.—
Sierra Lopez,
Mercury News,
15 Feb. 2026
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The transitional committee, made up of Palestinian administrators, has met in Egypt but has not yet entered Gaza.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
14 Feb. 2026
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The tax has drawn sharp criticism from some tech executives, several of whom have publicly warned about leaving California if it were enacted.—
Grace Hase,
Mercury News,
12 Feb. 2026
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Funded by The Asian American Foundation (TAAF), the fellowship offers producers and development executives one-on-one time with high-level industry creatives and executives to help hone their skills in the art of communication, networking, leadership and project development.—
Jazz Tangcay,
Variety,
11 Feb. 2026
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Over the course of her career, Karen Powers worked in the offices of three State Farm agents as a kind of office manager with, eventually, duties of selling insurance herself.—
J.C. Hallman,
Oklahoman,
10 Feb. 2026
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The restaurant’s general manager, Saskia Baden, likens it to a Mediterranean bento box.—
Laurie Ochoa,
Los Angeles Times,
9 Feb. 2026
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced Mladenov, a Bulgarian diplomat, as the director-general of the board meant to oversee the implementation of the second and far more complicated phase of the ceasefire.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
14 Feb. 2026
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The office would have included the state’s auditor general and in-house research arm, among other units.—
Lawrence Mower,
Miami Herald,
13 Feb. 2026
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Nobody could have known at the time, but that performance was a prophecy of the city’s future, where artists would become the primary stewards of Memphis music history, rampaging through old blues, rock, soul, and gospel.—
Stephen M. Deusner,
Pitchfork,
8 Feb. 2026
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The natural result will be to harm the hospitals that have been proper stewards of their finances.—
Kevin Rennie,
Hartford Courant,
7 Feb. 2026
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Your ability to charm bosses and VIPs will be excellent.—
Georgia Nicols,
Denver Post,
10 Feb. 2026
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Her mother lost her job because her boss is uncomfortable employing someone with an ankle monitor.—
Mica Rosenberg,
CNN Money,
10 Feb. 2026
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Warren establishes a Kempo Goju dojo in Kosovo Outside Kempo Goju, Warren served as a Wisconsin state trooper, and in 2000, his supervisors offered him an opportunity to travel to Europe to train police in Štrpce, Kosovo.—
Everett Eaton,
jsonline.com,
10 Feb. 2026
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Complaints the authority doesn't investigate are referred to Cincinnati police, which may conduct a formal internal affairs investigation or assign the complaint to a supervisor, according to a city website.—
Matthew Cupelli,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
9 Feb. 2026
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The drama also won best director for Clint Bentley and best cinematography for Adolpho Veloso.—
Bryan Alexander,
USA Today,
16 Feb. 2026
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Kristi Trail, executive director of the Pontchartrain Conservancy, said plastic beads are a twofold problem.—
TRAVIS LOLLER,
Arkansas Online,
16 Feb. 2026
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“Employer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/employer. Accessed 16 Feb. 2026.
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