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.
will employ
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future tenseof employ.future tense
Used to express actions, events, or states that have not yet occurred but are expected to happen.
Example Sentences
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We will employ activism as a risk-management tool to mitigate the downside that such unfriendliness can create.
From Barron's ● Apr. 16, 2026
It also says it will employ thousands more dentists from overseas and boost dental school places in England by 50 spaces a year to plug staffing gaps.
From BBC ● Mar. 24, 2026
Anduril’s new Long Beach facility will employ about 5,500 workers, with thousands more indirect jobs generated through construction, security, and supporting services, Grimm said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 22, 2026
Briggs plans to capitalize on his rival’s closure by boosting Sustainable Beef’s slaughter capacity next year to 1,800 head a day from 1,500, and will employ 1,000 people, about 100 more than originally planned.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 23, 2025
“As for who will employ you, there is no such thing. Anyone can go and work and be paid by the results—so much for each sackful.”
From "Nectar in a Sieve" by Kamala Markandaya
