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The union said the stores are understaffed and changing out tags on the shelves is one of the duties that has suffered as a result.
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Judith Kohler, Denver Post, 16 May 2025
And the Fair Housing Office has been chronically understaffed and underfunded by Republican and Democratic administrations alike.
—Jesse Coburn, ProPublica, 15 May 2025
An understaffed and underfunded NWS could mean that a tornado warning doesn’t come in time, that a hurricane forecast is off just enough so that the wrong coastal areas are evacuated or that flights are less likely to be routed around turbulence.
—Andrea Thompson, Scientific American, 13 May 2025
The Appalachian Trail intentionally diversified its revenue streams after recognizing that their federal partners were chronically understaffed, anyway, even before the genesis of DOGE.
—Grayson Haver Currin, Outside Online, 12 May 2025
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Judith Kohler, Denver Post, 16 May 2025
And the Fair Housing Office has been chronically understaffed and underfunded by Republican and Democratic administrations alike.
—Jesse Coburn, ProPublica, 15 May 2025
An understaffed and underfunded NWS could mean that a tornado warning doesn’t come in time, that a hurricane forecast is off just enough so that the wrong coastal areas are evacuated or that flights are less likely to be routed around turbulence.
—Andrea Thompson, Scientific American, 13 May 2025
The Appalachian Trail intentionally diversified its revenue streams after recognizing that their federal partners were chronically understaffed, anyway, even before the genesis of DOGE.
—Grayson Haver Currin, Outside Online, 12 May 2025
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“Understaffed.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/understaffed. Accessed 22 May. 2025.
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