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
The form of this tax hike is particularly painful given what Trump’s tariff experiment is putting Main Street employers through.
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Ryan Ellis, Boston Herald, 12 Apr. 2025
Later, Dunthorne travels to the site of the Dersim massacre, where chemical weapons developed by Siegfried’s employer were used in a genocidal attack on Kurdish Turks in the late 1930s.
—John Warner, Chicago Tribune, 12 Apr. 2025
President Donald Trump has proposed that undocumented immigrants employed in sectors such as agriculture and hospitality could self-deport and return legally, provided their employers vouched for them.
—David Faris, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Apr. 2025
Workers may not get raises because their employers aren’t making as much money.
—Kenneth R. Gosselin, Hartford Courant, 16 Mar. 2025
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Ryan Ellis, Boston Herald, 12 Apr. 2025
Later, Dunthorne travels to the site of the Dersim massacre, where chemical weapons developed by Siegfried’s employer were used in a genocidal attack on Kurdish Turks in the late 1930s.
—John Warner, Chicago Tribune, 12 Apr. 2025
President Donald Trump has proposed that undocumented immigrants employed in sectors such as agriculture and hospitality could self-deport and return legally, provided their employers vouched for them.
—David Faris, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Apr. 2025
Workers may not get raises because their employers aren’t making as much money.
—Kenneth R. Gosselin, Hartford Courant, 16 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for employer
Noun
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Some administrators have privately seethed at the proposal, cynical at the motives of the power countries.—
Tristan Lavalette,
Forbes.com,
10 Apr. 2025
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Ostensibly, all of these actions were taken because of the university administrators' approach to protests about the conflict in Gaza, which the administration has characterized as allowing antisemitism.—
John Timmer,
ArsTechnica,
9 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Creator Lorne Michaels will executive produce Saturday Night Live UK.—
Emily Zemler,
Rolling Stone,
10 Apr. 2025
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The former sports executive was involved in the 2011 decision to hire former Princeton coach Guy Gadowsky as Penn State’s head coach.—
Eric Jackson,
Sportico.com,
10 Apr. 2025
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General manager Chris Drury has to make decisions involving his coach, his core and the players in supporting roles.—
Peter Baugh,
New York Times,
18 Apr. 2025
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Both Mavs general manager Nico Harrison and Dumont have stated the team has no intentions of leaving Dallas.—
Lawrence Dow,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
17 Apr. 2025
Noun
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The auditor general is one; its work has been commendably nonpartisan.—
Orlando Sentinel and South Florida Sun Sentinel Editorial Boards,
Orlando Sentinel,
21 Mar. 2025
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The state's attorney general said at least four people are expected to be executed this year.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
19 Mar. 2025
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Madeleine, Nick, Kelly and I have been the proud stewards of that vision and are so proud of what the Heat mean both in our community and to fans around the world.—
Anthony Chiang,
Miami Herald,
5 Apr. 2025
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Connor Robbins, chief steward of the city lifeguards labor union, said San Diego must start prioritizing lifeguard tower repairs and replacements.—
David Garrick,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
5 Apr. 2025
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For some reason, my boss has never questioned me or been suspicious of anything.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
17 Apr. 2025
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There is no doubt that Müller gave everything, but in retrospect, the Bayern boss will have to answer the uncomfortable question of whether starting the 2014 World Cup winner was the right choice in the first place.—
Manuel Veth,
Forbes.com,
17 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Specifically, the Sheriff’s Office asked county supervisors for permission to spend up to $760,000 on the contract with Verogen, a San Diego biotechnology startup that two years ago was acquired by the Dutch conglomerate Qiagen for $150 million.—
Jeff McDonald,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
8 Apr. 2025
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Speaking to Rolling Stone, White Lotus‘ music supervisor Gabe Hilfer, who joined for Season Two, said the uproar meant people cared about the show.—
Tomás Mier,
Rolling Stone,
8 Apr. 2025
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The real momentum for the ERA lies in the states, mirroring the reproductive rights strategy since Dobbs, says Ting Ting Cheng, the director of the Equal Rights Amendment Project at Columbia University Law School.—
Natalie Daher,
Axios,
22 Mar. 2025
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The director, Philip Barantini, at the helm for all four episodes, suffocates both the characters and the audience with a long sequence at Jamie’s school, where the officers have come to question the boy’s classmates.—
Doreen St. Félix,
The New Yorker,
22 Mar. 2025
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“Employer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/employer. Accessed 22 Apr. 2025.
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