How to Use personnel in a Sentence
personnel
noun- They've reduced the number of personnel working on the project.
- She's the director of personnel.
- Talk to personnel if you have any questions about your health insurance.
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And even with personnel changes, the standard doesn’t drop.
—Colin Cerniglia, Charlotte Observer, 20 Apr. 2025
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More than 1,600 personnel were assisting in the effort to quell the flames.
—Christopher Cann, USA TODAY, 26 July 2024
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None of this speaks to the number of injuries and personnel issues Utah has endured along the way.
—Josh Newman, The Salt Lake Tribune, 2 Jan. 2023
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Some of the 49ers’ personnel may be better, but the Cowboys boast the same elements.
—Dallas News, 20 Jan. 2023
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Great coaches though find great ways to best use their personnel.
—Creg Stephenson | Cstephenson@al.com, al, 1 Nov. 2022
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At the same time, D.C. police have been coping with a personnel shortage.
—John D. Harden, Washington Post, 29 Dec. 2023
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At the event, Hayes had $30 worth of weed in an eyeglass case with him, and security personnel found it.
—Ilana Frost, Peoplemag, 11 Feb. 2024
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Slow down and move over for roadside crews and safety personnel.
—Stephen J. Beard, USA TODAY, 17 Apr. 2023
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Some of our personnel is a little bit different this year than the last couple of years.
—Richard Obert, The Arizona Republic, 4 Nov. 2022
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Hunt’s journey is one faced by any number of TV-news personnel.
—Brian Steinberg, Variety, 26 Sep. 2023
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For months, the county has been hiring and training personnel.
—Sherry Greenfield, Baltimore Sun, 27 May 2023
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One of the few positions where the change in personnel offered a clear takeaway was running back.
—Kevin Reynolds, The Salt Lake Tribune, 25 Sep. 2022
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The White House said the troops will join more than 4,800 federal personnel who have already been deployed to help states in the region respond to the storm.
—Kathryn Watson, CBS News, 2 Oct. 2024
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Around this time, the conductor asked if any medical personnel were on the train.
—Gillian Telling, People.com, 12 Dec. 2024
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Everything went well, thanks to the competent health personnel, who took care of me.
—Stephanie Petit, Peoplemag, 14 Jan. 2024
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About 16 people were rescued by fire and EMS personnel, Quagliano said.
—Emily Shapiro, ABC News, 12 June 2023
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Airline personnel have also dropped him in helping him in and out of his chair, Lee noted.
—Megan Cerullo, CBS News, 24 Nov. 2023
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Schools being used for storage would be required to use 50% of their space for personnel and office space.
—Rachel Fradette, The Indianapolis Star, 31 Mar. 2023
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Part of the problem, of course, can be attributed to injuries; the Cougars’ personnel has been a revolving door.
—Kevin Reynolds, The Salt Lake Tribune, 27 Sep. 2022
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The Hurricanes have more than enough talent to contend in the ACC, but will performance match the personnel?
—Jon Wilner, The Mercury News, 10 Aug. 2024
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But the team needed Scaloni to be bold enough to make alterations in both personnel and strategy.
—Frank Dell'apa, BostonGlobe.com, 26 Nov. 2022
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The game stopped for several minutes as medical personnel from both teams rushed out to treat the man.
—Joseph Wilkinson, New York Daily News, 1 May 2025
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The next year, he was hired as the director of player personnel for the Dolphins, who went 17-0, the N.F.L.’s only perfect season.
—Ken Belson, New York Times, 1 Feb. 2023
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Noel, perhaps the most anonymous of Cleveland’s unsung personnel, stepped up to pinch-hit.
—Nicholas Dawidoff, The New Yorker, 26 Oct. 2024
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But now, Russia’s Army is on the offensive along much of the frontline, while Ukraine struggles with shortages of arms and personnel.
—Anton Troianovski, New York Times, 23 May 2024
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The changes were called for by lawmakers who said not enough was being done to encourage personnel to report assault.
—Anne Flaherty, ABC News, 1 May 2025
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Players from both teams took a knee while medical personnel attended to the injured fan.
—Jade Walker, CNN Money, 1 May 2025
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