re-employ
Britishverb
Example Sentences
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On Monday, Transport Secretary Grant Shapps said the company's boss had been given "one final opportunity" to re-employ sacked staff on their previous salaries.
From BBC ● Mar. 28, 2022
According to Rutter’s statement, the $25 million would “provide long-term cash flow for essential personnel to ensure that we can reopen the Center and re-employ our staff and musicians.”
From Washington Post ● Mar. 28, 2020
The petition, addressed to United’s chairman Kevin McCabe, was prompted by reports that the club are preparing to re-employ him on his release.
From The Guardian ● Aug. 13, 2014
If the global economy can successfully navigate the many headwinds facing it, slowly pay down debts and re-employ workers, there will come a point when the recovery shifts into high gear.
From Time ● Oct. 1, 2012
His intelligence then passes all these means in review, connecting them and fixing them in his memory to re-employ them at pleasure in succeeding representations.
From The Drama by Irving, Henry Brodribb
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