head count
noun
: an act of counting the number of people at a place, event, etc.
She did a head count to make sure all the students were on the bus.
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Jung-bae wound up in a room of three, with Player 001 and some rando — but Player 001 choked the stranger to death in time to reduce their head count, shocking Jung-bae more than a bit.
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Matt Webb Mitovich, TVLine, 26 Dec. 2024
Stellantis has reduced employee head count by 15.5%, or roughly 47,500 employees, between December 2019 and the end of 2023, including a 14.5% reduction in North America, according to public filings.
—Michael Wayland,robert Ferris, CNBC, 18 Oct. 2024
That came after Zoom had tripled its head count in two years.
—Amanda Hoover, WIRED, 8 Feb. 2023
Over the years, according to records and interviews, the university had pored over spreadsheets in minute detail, inflated faculty head count, ordered what professors believed was unnecessary equipment and spent millions luring higher-scoring students — all for rankings.
—Stephanie Saul, Orlando Sentinel, 18 Nov. 2024
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Matt Webb Mitovich, TVLine, 26 Dec. 2024
Stellantis has reduced employee head count by 15.5%, or roughly 47,500 employees, between December 2019 and the end of 2023, including a 14.5% reduction in North America, according to public filings.
—Michael Wayland,robert Ferris, CNBC, 18 Oct. 2024
That came after Zoom had tripled its head count in two years.
—Amanda Hoover, WIRED, 8 Feb. 2023
Over the years, according to records and interviews, the university had pored over spreadsheets in minute detail, inflated faculty head count, ordered what professors believed was unnecessary equipment and spent millions luring higher-scoring students — all for rankings.
—Stephanie Saul, Orlando Sentinel, 18 Nov. 2024
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“Head count.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/head%20count. Accessed 19 Jan. 2025.
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