Employ and Maintain

Employ

Employ verb - To provide with a paying job.

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Maintain and employ are semantically related in use topic. In some cases you can use "Maintain" instead a verb "Employ".

Maintain verb - To keep in good condition.

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Employ and maintain are semantically related in use topic. Sometimes you can use "Employ" instead a verb "Maintain".

power	employ power	maintain power
kind	employ kind	maintain kind
image	employ image	maintain image
form	employ form	maintain form
Other words: system, army, technology, rule, accent, powers, weapons.

I will employ, or at least maintain a functional working relationship, with several people in the media.

Source: Just For Fun / If I Am Ever Head of an Alien Monitoring Agency
I shall employ competent electricians, industrial engineers, and members of other trades and professions to inspect and maintain my facilities.

Source: Just For Fun / If I Am Ever Head of an Alien Monitoring Agency
The more family-friendly film series depicts the MiB as a highly secretive, but noble faction who simply make sure aliens don't mess with humans, the Earth or each other while living there and employ nifty neuralyzers instead of, well...12-gauges◊ to maintain their secrecy.

Source: Lighter And Softer / Film

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