as in staff
a body of persons at work or available for work
we finally have enough personnel to start that big project
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Recent Examples of personnel
And the movement is becoming what employees expect, blending full-time personnel with contractors, freelancers and gig jobs.
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Bryan Robinson, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
But the clues as to what was happening were written on the images, allowing mission personnel to experiment on a clone of the camera, in a laboratory setting.
—Ethan Siegel, Big Think, 3 Sep. 2025
Space Command is separate from the Space Force and is made up of personnel from all branches of the armed services.
—Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 3 Sep. 2025
More than 600 fire personnel are assigned to the complex, according to Cal Fire’s Tuolumne-Calaveras Unit.
—Mary Gilbert, CNN Money, 3 Sep. 2025
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Bryan Robinson, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
But the clues as to what was happening were written on the images, allowing mission personnel to experiment on a clone of the camera, in a laboratory setting.
—Ethan Siegel, Big Think, 3 Sep. 2025
Space Command is separate from the Space Force and is made up of personnel from all branches of the armed services.
—Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 3 Sep. 2025
More than 600 fire personnel are assigned to the complex, according to Cal Fire’s Tuolumne-Calaveras Unit.
—Mary Gilbert, CNN Money, 3 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for personnel
Noun
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Each transcribed interview has been closed-door and conducted over several hours by the majority and minority committee staff.—
Lauren Green,
The Washington Examiner,
9 Sep. 2025
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Having spoken to multiple members of staff at the airport, Brittney and Hannah were eventually booked onto a flight to France.—
Latoya Gayle,
PEOPLE,
9 Sep. 2025
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His fellow firefighters, including Gallagher —who was injured during the rescue — used extra manpower and tools to free him before he was stabilized at the scene and flown by CareFlite to the hospital, the department said.—
Shambhavi Rimal,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
5 Sep. 2025
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More than three years into what Putin once thought would be a quick takeover of his much smaller and weaker neighbor, Russia would be unable to sustain the fight without Chinese and Indian money, Iranian weapons and, to a lesser extent, manpower from North Korea.—
Ivana Kottasová,
CNN Money,
4 Sep. 2025
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So our workforce is 74% women, 76% Gen Z and Millennial, 44% diverse.—
Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson,
semafor.com,
5 Sep. 2025
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Companies cited a multitude of reasons for such job cuts, including existing market and economic conditions, restructuring efforts, and reductions to the federal workforce by the Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE.—
Solcyré Burga,
Time,
5 Sep. 2025
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“Personnel.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/personnel. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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