personnels

noun

plural of personnel
as in staffs
a body of persons at work or available for work we finally have enough personnel to start that big project

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  1. staffs
  2. workforces
Noun
  • When failure persists across multiple coaching staffs, front offices, and rosters, the conversation inevitably returns to organizational leadership.
    — Stephan Pechdimaldji, New York Daily News, 1 Nov. 2026
  • However, the database is far from comprehensive and represents about a fifth of Homeland Security's workforce, which staffs a little more than 220,000 people.
    — Vanessa Romo, NPR, 29 Oct. 2026
Definition of staffs
Noun
  • From the top floor, the upheaval looks profound enough that executives are already rethinking labor demand and reskilling their workforces.
    — Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, Fortune, 28 Oct. 2026
  • California began collecting information in 2020 about diversity for films and TV shows tapped to receive filming subsidies, requiring productions to report the racial, ethnic and gender makeup of their workforces.
    — Winston Cho, HollywoodReporter, 27 Oct. 2026
Definition of workforces
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