employ
verb (used with object)
to hire or engage the services of (a person or persons); provide employment for; have or keep in one's service.
are employing
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present progressiveof employ.present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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We found that they are employing new tactics—relying more on AI deepfakes and American facilitators during interviews.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026
Many job seekers are employing artificial intelligence to rehearse asking for a higher salary by using large language models like Claude or ChatGPT to practice a mock negotiation.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 22, 2026
Ticket touts are employing teams of workers to bulk-buy tickets for the UK's biggest concerts like Oasis and Taylor Swift so they can be resold for profit, a BBC investigation has found.
From BBC ● Jun. 25, 2025
According to a reporter’s intrepid Freedom of Information Act inquiries, enthusiastic pickleball ambassadors are employing the “USA Pickleball tool kit” and harrying local park departments to elbow out their tennis-and-basketball-playing neighbors.
From Slate ● Dec. 7, 2023
The mystic, the teacher, and the philosopher are following the path of Gnani; so is the true occultist, but many who deal in so-called occultism are employing knowledge only, entirely missing the higher quality—wisdom.
From Cosmic Consciousness by Alexander J. (Alexander James) McIvor-Tyndall
