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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
For a more personalized approach, ZipRecruiter's Invite to Apply tool allows employers to browse resumes and send invitations to top talent, improving candidate quality and speeding up the hiring process.
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Audrey Payne, CNBC, 29 May 2026
To their credit, the Hacks creators aren’t sentimental enough to put these words in any character’s mouth, but the implication that older, wealthier, more accomplished employers have an obligation to elevate the younger, less secure people around them is there.
—Judy Berman, Time, 29 May 2026
That means millions of veterans have submitted it to dozens of agencies, employers, and financial institutions over the years.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 25 May 2026
The study further indicated the following: 9% report lying to avoid jury duty; 48% cite financial reasons; 19% feared employer resistance; and 16% cite lack of childcare.
—Jose Izquierdo, Sun Sentinel, 25 May 2026
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Audrey Payne, CNBC, 29 May 2026
To their credit, the Hacks creators aren’t sentimental enough to put these words in any character’s mouth, but the implication that older, wealthier, more accomplished employers have an obligation to elevate the younger, less secure people around them is there.
—Judy Berman, Time, 29 May 2026
That means millions of veterans have submitted it to dozens of agencies, employers, and financial institutions over the years.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 25 May 2026
The study further indicated the following: 9% report lying to avoid jury duty; 48% cite financial reasons; 19% feared employer resistance; and 16% cite lack of childcare.
—Jose Izquierdo, Sun Sentinel, 25 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for employer
Noun
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School administrators are caught off guard by parents who have read the book and insist on policy changes.—
Tyler Kingkade,
NBC news,
31 May 2026
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Once, administrators confronted him about the carelessness of his grading.—
Peter Hessler,
New Yorker,
31 May 2026
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Knicks executive Leon Rose did just that, pairing former Villanova stars Jalen Brunson, Mikal Bridges and Josh Hart with the Knicks (and, briefly, Donte DiVincenzo, a fourth college teammate).—
Andrew Greif,
NBC news,
4 June 2026
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Hundreds of fans filled the college town’s sidewalks, and streets were closed for the black SUVs that dropped off A-listers and executives on the bright blue carpet.—
Cerys Davies,
Los Angeles Times,
3 June 2026
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The alternative asset manager said that Blackstone Capital Partners Asia III exceeded its $10 billion target, with the fund raising more than double the amount of its predecessor vehicle.—
Lee Ying Shan,
CNBC,
2 June 2026
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Its Resolver platform uses AI to ingest security information and help risk managers run remediations with an audit trail, cutting the lag time between detecting a breach and containing it.—
Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
1 June 2026
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Whoever wins the primary is expected to prevail in the general, as the state currently leans Democratic in nonpresidential elections.—
Aidan McLaughlin,
Vanity Fair,
29 May 2026
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Fraser plays the legendary general (and future president) as a tempestuous mountain of a man, a far cry from the modest and even-keeled Eisenhower of record.—
Bilge Ebiri,
Vulture,
29 May 2026
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In Tanzania, Singita is the steward of a 350,000-acre (about 550 square miles) private concession along the Western corridor of Tanzania’s Serengeti National Park, known as Singita Grumeti Reserves.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
2 June 2026
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Bilton is replacing Tanya Simon, a longtime senior steward of the show and a daughter of one of its former correspondents, Bob Simon.—
Brian Steinberg,
Variety,
1 June 2026
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Assuming, of course, those staffers don’t emulate Pelley and strongly and sharply disagree or challenge their boss in an internal staff meeting.—
Josef Adalian,
Vulture,
3 June 2026
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The space includes table football, board and video games, and staff can arrange certain special activities of which the parents of the youngsters involved might be more than a little jealous, among them sushi masterclasses with Mitsuru Tsukada, the boss of Izumi.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
2 June 2026
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Even though the rivers have been quiet ever since, the bureau has continued to maintain a full-time dedicated crew of two firefighters and a supervisor, with the boat costing taxpayers $1 million a year to staff and maintain.—
Andy Sheehan,
CBS News,
1 June 2026
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She was promoted to accountant around October 2012, the lawsuit says, to accounting supervisor in August 2019 and to accounting manager in the union’s international secretary-treasurer’s office in April 2024.—
Judy L. Thomas,
Kansas City Star,
1 June 2026
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The recent opening of a new center, explained Jill Martin, senior director of food and nutrition services at UC San Diego Health, argued for creating a new training program rather than a recruitment push.—
Paul Sisson,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
31 May 2026
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As creative director of menswear at Louis Vuitton, Williams is an organic partner for Moët & Chandon, which belongs to the wines and spirits division of luxury conglomerate LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton.—
Joelle Diderich,
Footwear News,
31 May 2026
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“Employer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/employer. Accessed 5 Jun. 2026.
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