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also employe
as in worker
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 employee
The Trump administration estimates that up to 10 percent of the federal workforce — approximately 200,000 government employees — may take the offer on the table.
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The Editors, National Review, 1 Feb. 2025
After returning to public session, the board voted to extend Campbell's three-year contract another year, through June 2028, and to give him the $2,000 bonus that was awarded to other school employees in December.
—Lynn Kutter, arkansasonline.com, 1 Feb. 2025
After the freeze one current employee reported receiving just one email in an entire workday.
—Belinda Luscombe, TIME, 1 Feb. 2025
The president also signed an executive order banning federal employees from working remotely on Monday, which may be part of a strategy to gut the federal workforce and replace vacancies with workers who are explicitly loyal to Trump.
—Kristen Waggoner, Newsweek, 22 Jan. 2025
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The Editors, National Review, 1 Feb. 2025
After returning to public session, the board voted to extend Campbell's three-year contract another year, through June 2028, and to give him the $2,000 bonus that was awarded to other school employees in December.
—Lynn Kutter, arkansasonline.com, 1 Feb. 2025
After the freeze one current employee reported receiving just one email in an entire workday.
—Belinda Luscombe, TIME, 1 Feb. 2025
The president also signed an executive order banning federal employees from working remotely on Monday, which may be part of a strategy to gut the federal workforce and replace vacancies with workers who are explicitly loyal to Trump.
—Kristen Waggoner, Newsweek, 22 Jan. 2025
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“Employee.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/employee. Accessed 6 Feb. 2025.
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