Definitions
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- adjective
used - adjective in a
job ;working - verb Simple past tense and past participle of
employ .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective having your services engaged for; or having a job especially one that pays wages or a salary
- adjective put to use
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Examples
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Still, he says, hearing the term employed by people like Paul - and also by Texas Gov.
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To use an expression employed against Julian Assange and Wikileaks, that is nothing new.
Robert Weller: Pentagon Hacked While Crusading Against Wikileaks Robert Weller 2011
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Zionist Occupied Government, or ZOG, is a phrase employed by most American neo-Nazi groups to describe the current federal government.
Mark Potok: Alleged Georgia Plotters Belonged to Racist, Anti-Semitic Group Mark Potok 2011
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In our nation's political dictionary "abortion" is a word employed by intolerant people to cast shame on women who choose it.
Rep. Jackie Speier: "Abortion" Fuels Intolerant Thinking Rep. Jackie Speier 2011
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In our nation's political dictionary "abortion" is a word employed by intolerant people to cast shame on women who choose it.
Rep. Jackie Speier: "Abortion" Fuels Intolerant Thinking Rep. Jackie Speier 2011
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While government projections suggest the number of older Americans who remain employed is likely to plateau over the coming decade, RAND researchers say a more likely scenario is that the increase in delaying retirement that began in the late 1990s is likely to gain speed.
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In our nation's political dictionary "abortion" is a word employed by intolerant people to cast shame on women who choose it.
Rep. Jackie Speier: "Abortion" Fuels Intolerant Thinking Rep. Jackie Speier 2011
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"Special rights" is also the term employed on the right to argue against rights for gays and lesbians.
Disability Rights: Why it is YOUR problem Elizabeth McClung 2008
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Two weeks after that first article appeared, I learned in the business pages of The Port Frederick Times that Cain Clams had fired—“released” was the euphemism employed by the vice president—one-third of its employees “in an effort to solve our cash-flow problems.”
I. O. U. Nancy Pickard 1991
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Two weeks after that first article appeared, I learned in the business pages of The Port Frederick Times that Cain Clams had fired—“released” was the euphemism employed by the vice president—one-third of its employees “in an effort to solve our cash-flow problems.”
I. O. U. Nancy Pickard 1991
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