human resources

plural noun

: personnel sense 1a

hiring more human resources

: personnel sense 2

Human resources will contact you about your interview.

the company's human resources department

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Brenda Smith was hired as chief human resources officer in 2019 by a previous superintendent, Cherry Creek Schools spokeswoman Ashley Verville said in an email. —

Jessica Seaman, Denver Post, 28 Jan. 2026 Functional SaaS companies are those that provide software to serve a broad work function, like Salesforce for sales and customer service, or Workday for human resources. —

Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 28 Jan. 2026 Tools like AnomalyMatch help NASA shepherd breakthroughs without having to spend significant financial or human resources. —

Rachyl Jones, semafor.com, 28 Jan. 2026 Dupont also claims that both the town’s human resources department and the police chief investigated her complaints but didn’t intervene to help her. —

Don Stacom, Hartford Courant, 26 Jan. 2026 See All Example Sentences for human resources

Word History

First Known Use

1915, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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“Human resources.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/human%20resources. Accessed 3 Feb. 2026.

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