Example Sentences

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Earlier this week, the Treasury Department canceled contracts with Booz Allen Hamilton, the government contractor that had employed Littlejohn.

From MarketWatch • Jan. 29, 2026

Other defendants also said they had employed their "freedom of expression".

From BBC • Oct. 28, 2025

Hockey had employed a plus-minus system since the 1950s, though it had little relevance to basketball given the low-scoring nature of its game.

From Los Angeles Times • May 11, 2025

When he died at 65 in 1999, his funeral drew a crowd of about 300 people, and he was buried alongside members of the family that had employed him for 40 years.

From Seattle Times • May 16, 2024

A lich was an undead creature, usually an incredibly powerful wizard or king who had employed dark magic to bind his intellect to his own reanimated corpse, thus achieving a perverted form of immortality.

From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline