on (the) staff
idiom
US
: working as a member of the group of people employed by an organization or business
We have a full time nurse on staff.
He's been on the staff for 25 years.
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Only one-third of city attorneys are actually on staff as city employees.
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Teri Sforza, Orange County Register, 21 May 2024
But with approximately 18,000 local law enforcement agencies to oversee, today the DOJ has only a few dozen people on staff with the expertise to conduct lengthy, labor-intensive oversight investigations.
—Scott Pham, CBS News, 20 May 2024
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Teri Sforza, Orange County Register, 21 May 2024
But with approximately 18,000 local law enforcement agencies to oversee, today the DOJ has only a few dozen people on staff with the expertise to conduct lengthy, labor-intensive oversight investigations.
—Scott Pham, CBS News, 20 May 2024
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“On (the) staff.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/on%20%28the%29%20staff. Accessed 29 May. 2024.
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