as in staff
a body of persons at work or available for work
we're a little short on manpower today, so we'll need you to do some extra tasks
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Recent Examples of manpower
Every fuel truck destroyed, ammunition convoy disrupted or logistics hub struck forces Russian commanders to expend additional time, resources and manpower simply maintaining battlefield operations.
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Hunter Lacroix,
Baltimore Sun,
20 June 2026
The military did not have the experience or manpower to maintain camps with large POW populations.
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Helaine Williams,
Arkansas Online,
20 June 2026
Russia’s economy has been struggling and its battlefield progress has ground to a halt, while Ukraine faces a manpower and materiel shortage.
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Prashant Rao,
semafor.com,
16 June 2026
But some experts question the role of law enforcement in the homicide drop, noting murders have fallen as police departments across the nation have lost manpower.
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The Week Us,
TheWeek,
15 June 2026
Police repeatedly drove the wild fans off of the buses, but without enough manpower to make arrests, would then back off, retreating to the nearby intersection, each time after which the fans again swarmed the vehicles.
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Kerry Burke,
New York Daily News,
14 June 2026
Given the resource and manpower constraints of the war, Ukraine has focused its kill zones along key Russian avenues of advance, particularly those leading toward major objectives such as Kostyantynivka, Kupyansk, and Orikhiv.
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Vikram Mittal,
Forbes.com,
12 June 2026
Who knows, maybe having a gaming division with even less money and manpower will finally turn things around for Xbox.
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Kyle Orland,
ArsTechnica,
11 June 2026
The culprit at the time was determined to not be related to the technology but to insufficient manpower.
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Rafael Olmeda,
Sun Sentinel,
9 June 2026
Hunter Lacroix,
Baltimore Sun,
20 June 2026
The military did not have the experience or manpower to maintain camps with large POW populations.
—
Helaine Williams,
Arkansas Online,
20 June 2026
Russia’s economy has been struggling and its battlefield progress has ground to a halt, while Ukraine faces a manpower and materiel shortage.
—
Prashant Rao,
semafor.com,
16 June 2026
But some experts question the role of law enforcement in the homicide drop, noting murders have fallen as police departments across the nation have lost manpower.
—
The Week Us,
TheWeek,
15 June 2026
Police repeatedly drove the wild fans off of the buses, but without enough manpower to make arrests, would then back off, retreating to the nearby intersection, each time after which the fans again swarmed the vehicles.
—
Kerry Burke,
New York Daily News,
14 June 2026
Given the resource and manpower constraints of the war, Ukraine has focused its kill zones along key Russian avenues of advance, particularly those leading toward major objectives such as Kostyantynivka, Kupyansk, and Orikhiv.
—
Vikram Mittal,
Forbes.com,
12 June 2026
Who knows, maybe having a gaming division with even less money and manpower will finally turn things around for Xbox.
—
Kyle Orland,
ArsTechnica,
11 June 2026
The culprit at the time was determined to not be related to the technology but to insufficient manpower.
—
Rafael Olmeda,
Sun Sentinel,
9 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for manpower
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However, building sovereign compute is challenging, requiring significant capital, specialized maintenance staff, and long deployment times.
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The business has since expanded to three locations, where staff members serve Portuguese classics like cod fish croquettes, chourico assado—a flaming sausage dish—and octopus in garlic sauce for game days.
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Under his leadership, SMUD expanded workforce training programs, and joined the state’s Energy Imbalance Market, a wholesale energy-trading market that allows SMUD to buy low-cost renewable energy in real time, and sell excess energy to generate additional revenue.
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In the following two years, officials project thousands of additional job reductions in a workforce that this year stood at 83,000.
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Andres Chait — with major policy and personnel moves that appear to cement Chait’s ongoing leadership role.
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Witnesses who discussed the incident online described the boy sliding down the steep drop before emergency personnel arrived.
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Each ticket costs $5, and players may pick six numbers from two separate pools of numbers - five different numbers from 1 to 70 (the white balls) and one number from 1 to 24 (the gold Mega Ball) - or select Easy Pick/Quick Pick.
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Infante said on May 13, a group of ducklings hatched on her porch and walked over to the community pool.
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“Manpower.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/manpower. Accessed 27 Jun. 2026.
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