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.
have been employing
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present perfect progressiveof employ.present perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that began in the past, has continued continuously, and is still in progress.
Example Sentences
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While driving games might seem the obvious choice for advanced weather tech, other genres have been employing it too.
From BBC ● Dec. 1, 2023
It’s a strategy the U.S. men have been employing for a couple years, although Mantia rarely practices with Lehman and Dawson.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 5, 2021
With the Rams, Staley ran a 3-4 as opposed to the 4-3 the Chargers have been employing.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 18, 2021
It is utterly brilliant, works like a charm and, given that I have been employing it since I read the book, may have changed my life.
From New York Times ● Jul. 27, 2017
I have been employing all my leisure hours during the last nine years in perfecting a system of philosophy entirely new, and applicable to all times, to all nations, and to all individuals.
From The Book of the Bush Containing Many Truthful Sketches Of The Early Colonial Life Of Squatters, Whalers, Convicts, Diggers, And Others Who Left Their Native Land And Never Returned by J. Macfarlane
