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
Players from both teams took a knee while medical personnel attended to the injured fan.
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Jade Walker, CNN Money, 1 May 2025
Coaches and front-office personnel have preached the importance of finding guys who fit certain profiles for building a good rotation of front-seven guys to keep players fresh.
—Alex Zietlow, Charlotte Observer, 1 May 2025
The event spans a massive chunk of the city and involves more than 25,000 runners, thousands of volunteers, medical personnel, law enforcement and city workers.
—Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 1 May 2025
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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Jade Walker, CNN Money, 1 May 2025
Coaches and front-office personnel have preached the importance of finding guys who fit certain profiles for building a good rotation of front-seven guys to keep players fresh.
—Alex Zietlow, Charlotte Observer, 1 May 2025
The event spans a massive chunk of the city and involves more than 25,000 runners, thousands of volunteers, medical personnel, law enforcement and city workers.
—Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 1 May 2025
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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Recent Examples of Synonyms for personnel
Noun
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School staff had restrained or secluded her daughter 29 times for a total of more than 23 hours in just the few months since the school year began.—
Nicole Fallert,
USA Today,
24 Apr. 2025
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Our staff is unafraid of the Martin Shkrelis and Jeff Bezos of the world.—
Ross Rosenfeld,
MSNBC Newsweek,
23 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Cisco Systems, Shifting to AI and Cybersecurity Cisco Systems previously announced plans to lay off 7% of its workforce, approximately 5,900 employees, as part of a strategic pivot toward high-growth areas like AI and cybersecurity.—
Jack Kelly,
Forbes.com,
4 May 2025
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Male Mogul’s workforce development programming aims to give young men from the South and West sides of Chicago job opportunities by training and mentoring them for specific roles.—
Shanzeh Ahmad,
Chicago Tribune,
3 May 2025
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“Personnel.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/personnel. Accessed 7 May. 2025.
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