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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
Supporters of the 2022 law argued that it was needed to help attract top candidates who might be hesitant to apply for Florida president jobs if their current employers could find out.
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Jim Saunders, Orlando Sentinel, 20 Mar. 2025
Private employers also pay substantially more, state officials say.
—Ames Alexander, Charlotte Observer, 20 Mar. 2025
The monthly reports use data estimates based on surveys of employers.
—Jessica Boehm, Axios, 20 Mar. 2025
The dispute concerns the H-1B visa system, the program that allows U.S. employers to hire skilled foreign workers in specialty occupations – mostly in the tech industry.
—Moshe Y. Vardi, The Conversation, 20 Mar. 2025
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Jim Saunders, Orlando Sentinel, 20 Mar. 2025
Private employers also pay substantially more, state officials say.
—Ames Alexander, Charlotte Observer, 20 Mar. 2025
The monthly reports use data estimates based on surveys of employers.
—Jessica Boehm, Axios, 20 Mar. 2025
The dispute concerns the H-1B visa system, the program that allows U.S. employers to hire skilled foreign workers in specialty occupations – mostly in the tech industry.
—Moshe Y. Vardi, The Conversation, 20 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for employer
Recent Examples of Synonyms for employer
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Teacher turnover Educators who were frustrated by remote learning and other conditions quit teaching and departed from classrooms across the nation, leaving school administrators nationwide with shortages of teachers and substitutes on staff, according to a RAND survey from 2021.—
Kayla Jimenez,
USA TODAY,
19 Mar. 2025
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Other students followed her protest, but that was when Georgas claimed that school administrators stepped in.—
Paulina Dedaj,
Fox News,
19 Mar. 2025
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Many put the blame on the meager tax credits offered by the California government, and while there are efforts underway to raise these figures, Glatter believes entertainment executives also need to do their part.—
Harrison Richlin,
IndieWire,
30 Mar. 2025
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As more Americans take on international roles, stock options have become a key part of the expatriate executive’s compensation package, especially when working for foreign employers.—
Virginia La Torre Jeker, J.D.,
Forbes.com,
30 Mar. 2025
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Even historically celebrated geniuses like Albert Einstein or Steve Jobs benefited immensely from working in fields that were fertile with change, ripe for disruption, and full of hard-working builders, makers, managers, and workers.—
Mark Nevins,
Forbes,
24 Mar. 2025
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Most significant, though, was the presence of Egil Olsen, a manager derided as a dinosaur at the time but who looks, in hindsight, an awful lot like a pioneer.—
Rory Smith,
The Athletic,
22 Mar. 2025
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The building was being built by the China Railway Construction Corporation for Thailand’s government auditor general.—
David Rising,
Chicago Tribune,
28 Mar. 2025
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Othello star Jake Gyllenhaal’s backstage home-away-from-home in Broadway’s Barrymore theater is an extension of the Shakespearean world he’s been steeped in while developing his version of Iago, the duplicitous ensign to the titular Venetian army general played by Denzel Washington.—
Charlotte Collins,
Architectural Digest,
24 Mar. 2025
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News of Salke’s departure comes a month after Amazon MGM Studios gained creative control over the iconic James Bond franchise from longtime stewards Barbara Broccoli and Michael G. Wilson.—
Michael Schneider,
Variety,
27 Mar. 2025
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Of course taxes and finances are at the heart of most municipal elections, and voters’ first task really is to ascertain who among their choices will be the best stewards of public funds.—
The Editorial Board,
Chicago Tribune,
23 Mar. 2025
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Ahead of the Chinese Grand Prix, the three Formula One team bosses were asked for their take on the upcoming film's trailer.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
Newsweek,
21 Mar. 2025
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The Paley Center for Media opened its new archive, which comprises more than 160,000 television, radio programs and advertisements, at the Beverly Hills Public Library with a little help from FX boss John Landgraf.—
Peter White,
Deadline,
21 Mar. 2025
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County supervisors bought into his ongoing call for a total transformation of the local mental health care system, shifting toward crisis centers at a time when many in the community were calling for the immediate construction of new locked units attached to major medical centers.—
Paul Sisson,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
19 Mar. 2025
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Usually, the only way to identify these individuals is through irregularity reports submitted by test supervisors.—
Scott White,
Forbes,
19 Mar. 2025
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Maryland will hire a new athletic director, and that person will have the chance to decide what kind of department the state’s flagship university should have.—
Childs Walker,
Baltimore Sun,
28 Mar. 2025
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Hulet and David Warm, the executive director of MARC, signed a fresh agreement for Head Start services in early November.—
Jonathan Shorman,
Kansas City Star,
27 Mar. 2025
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“Employer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/employer. Accessed 2 Apr. 2025.
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