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.
Examples of head count in a Sentence
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Chefs are given a head count at the beginning of the evening, at peak time and near the end of dinner.
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Nathan Diller, USA TODAY, 21 Mar. 2024
Local officials have been unable to obtain passenger data from ICE, not even a head count.
—Mckenzie Funk, ProPublica, 8 Mar. 2024
Since its launch nearly 10 years ago, the organization has won two Pulitzer Prizes, doubled its staff over five years to a head count of about 75, and last year added a local news network in Jackson, Miss., after the launch of its first in Cleveland.
—Kim Bellware, Washington Post, 29 Feb. 2024
That’s how many employees were cut in major U.S. layoffs over the first three months of 2023—more than the previous two fiscal quarters combined, led by massive head count reductions at Amazon, Google, Meta and Microsoft, according to Forbes’ tracker.
—Brian Bushard, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2023
Meaningless meetings, unstructured time, and management by head count can be major sources of frustration, says Farage.
—Lisa Conn, Forbes, 26 Feb. 2024
Instead, improving efficiency rather than reducing head count often becomes the better growth engine, or competitive edge.
—Talmon Joseph Smith, New York Times, 14 Feb. 2024
On Monday, 10 California Democrats in Congress joined the fray, calling on Soon-Shiong and Pearce to find collaborative ways to reduce the paper’s head count, including the use of buyouts.
—Meg James, Los Angeles Times, 23 Jan. 2024
New York City also appears to have gotten an additional 1,090 people added to its population total recently after asking the Census Bureau to double-check the city’s numbers from the head count of every U.S. resident, city officials said.
—Mike Schneider, Fortune, 18 Jan. 2024
Nathan Diller, USA TODAY, 21 Mar. 2024
Local officials have been unable to obtain passenger data from ICE, not even a head count.
—Mckenzie Funk, ProPublica, 8 Mar. 2024
Since its launch nearly 10 years ago, the organization has won two Pulitzer Prizes, doubled its staff over five years to a head count of about 75, and last year added a local news network in Jackson, Miss., after the launch of its first in Cleveland.
—Kim Bellware, Washington Post, 29 Feb. 2024
That’s how many employees were cut in major U.S. layoffs over the first three months of 2023—more than the previous two fiscal quarters combined, led by massive head count reductions at Amazon, Google, Meta and Microsoft, according to Forbes’ tracker.
—Brian Bushard, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2023
Meaningless meetings, unstructured time, and management by head count can be major sources of frustration, says Farage.
—Lisa Conn, Forbes, 26 Feb. 2024
Instead, improving efficiency rather than reducing head count often becomes the better growth engine, or competitive edge.
—Talmon Joseph Smith, New York Times, 14 Feb. 2024
On Monday, 10 California Democrats in Congress joined the fray, calling on Soon-Shiong and Pearce to find collaborative ways to reduce the paper’s head count, including the use of buyouts.
—Meg James, Los Angeles Times, 23 Jan. 2024
New York City also appears to have gotten an additional 1,090 people added to its population total recently after asking the Census Bureau to double-check the city’s numbers from the head count of every U.S. resident, city officials said.
—Mike Schneider, Fortune, 18 Jan. 2024
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“Head count.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/head%20count. Accessed 19 Apr. 2024.
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