personnel
noun
per·son·nel
ˌpər-sə-ˈnel 
Examples of personnel in a Sentence
Women are also underrepresented as police force members, composing less than 13 percent of sworn personnel, despite the proven benefits of having more women in blue, such as less use of excessive force and improved response to domestic violence.
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Cortney Rock, Ms., Winter 2007
When the staff returned to the Oval Office, Bush's mood was upbeat, according to a White House aide who was present (and who, like all White House personnel quoted in this story, follows a policy of not being quoted by name).
—Richard Wolffe et al., Newsweek, 19 June 2006
The doorway that sheltered them from the rain leads to government offices now, but in Franco's time the building was a political prison. Its personnel and their diligent labours earned the place a charming nom de guerre—the House of Screams.
—A. L. Kennedy, On Bullfighting, 1999
The only firm rule is: Armored personnel carriers have the right of way.
—P. J. O'Rourke, Holidays in Hell, 1988
Over 10,000 military personnel were stationed in the country.
They've reduced the number of personnel working on the project.
Talk to personnel if you have any questions about your health insurance.
She's the director of personnel.
Cortney Rock, Ms., Winter 2007
When the staff returned to the Oval Office, Bush's mood was upbeat, according to a White House aide who was present (and who, like all White House personnel quoted in this story, follows a policy of not being quoted by name).
—Richard Wolffe et al., Newsweek, 19 June 2006
The doorway that sheltered them from the rain leads to government offices now, but in Franco's time the building was a political prison. Its personnel and their diligent labours earned the place a charming nom de guerre—the House of Screams.
—A. L. Kennedy, On Bullfighting, 1999
The only firm rule is: Armored personnel carriers have the right of way.
—P. J. O'Rourke, Holidays in Hell, 1988
Over 10,000 military personnel were stationed in the country.
They've reduced the number of personnel working on the project.
Talk to personnel if you have any questions about your health insurance.
She's the director of personnel.
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Under the proposal, Ukraine would also cap the size of its armed forces at 600,000 personnel, enshrine in its constitution a permanent renunciation of NATO membership, and accept a guarantee that NATO would never station troops in Ukrainian territory.
—Daniel Orton, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Nov. 2025
The original plan, for example, caps the Ukrainian army at 600,000 personnel, but that is larger than the British, French, and German armies combined, and is a much bigger force than Ukraine could hope to maintain in peacetime.
—Anatol Lieven, Time, 28 Nov. 2025
Scores of rescue personnel searching through a river around the Anai Valley Waterfall area in Tanah Datar district -- where tons of mud, rocks and trees were left from flash floods -- retrieved seven bodies on Thursday, including a child, Padang's Search and Rescue Office reported.
—Arkansas Online, 28 Nov. 2025
In the latest military action Tuesday, AFRICOM personnel were involved in an airstrike and reportedly a gun battle lasting up to four hours with ISIS-Somalia jihadists in Puntland, in the north of this African country.
—Paul Tilsley, FOXNews.com, 28 Nov. 2025
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Daniel Orton, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Nov. 2025
The original plan, for example, caps the Ukrainian army at 600,000 personnel, but that is larger than the British, French, and German armies combined, and is a much bigger force than Ukraine could hope to maintain in peacetime.
—Anatol Lieven, Time, 28 Nov. 2025
Scores of rescue personnel searching through a river around the Anai Valley Waterfall area in Tanah Datar district -- where tons of mud, rocks and trees were left from flash floods -- retrieved seven bodies on Thursday, including a child, Padang's Search and Rescue Office reported.
—Arkansas Online, 28 Nov. 2025
In the latest military action Tuesday, AFRICOM personnel were involved in an airstrike and reportedly a gun battle lasting up to four hours with ISIS-Somalia jihadists in Puntland, in the north of this African country.
—Paul Tilsley, FOXNews.com, 28 Nov. 2025
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“Personnel.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/personnel. Accessed 30 Nov. 2025.
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personnel
noun
per·son·nel
ˌpərs-ᵊn-ˈel
: a group of persons employed (as in a public service, a factory, or an office)
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