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.
is employing
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present progressiveof employ (3rd person singular).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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Those who trust these writers’ capabilities with using comic book properties as springboards to examine thornier issues can probably deduce that “Lanterns” is employing it for a specific reason.
From Salon ● Aug. 14, 2026
Kudryashev’s short stint last year in the vanguard of Russia’s army offers a glimpse of the tactics that Russia is employing to eke out battlefield advances in Ukraine.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 12, 2026
But "unless we're talking about nuclear weapons, I don't think the administration has limited itself in terms of what it is employing."
From Barron's ● Apr. 7, 2026
For that, UCI Health is employing rows of humming heat pumps installed on the rooftop.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 8, 2025
“But she is employing the literary conceits and techniques of a novel. And the meeting you speak of has already occurred—you have been reading it for the past quarter of an hour.”
From "Code Name Verity" by Elizabeth Wein
