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as in workforce
a body of persons at work or available for work
we're working with a short staff at the office today
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as in cane
a heavy rigid stick used as a weapon or for punishment
carried a staff for self-defense when walking alone at night
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Recent Examples of staff
Coaching staff found football training equipment, shoulder pads and 60 helmets missing from the storage container outside of the Park District community center at 13800 South Trumbull Ave.
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Olivia Stevens, Chicago Tribune, 6 Aug. 2025
In some counties, staff have doubled the incentive for families to shop locally by securing corporate sponsors.
—Kelly Meyerhofer, jsonline.com, 29 July 2025
If your work wasn’t structured like that, find other similarities between your work and the in-house staff, such as working closely with them, using the same processes, or interacting with the same senior leaders.
—Caroline Ceniza-Levine, Forbes.com, 28 July 2025
Offensively, the Ravens return their entire coaching staff and all but one starter.
—Jeff Zrebiec, New York Times, 28 July 2025
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Olivia Stevens, Chicago Tribune, 6 Aug. 2025
In some counties, staff have doubled the incentive for families to shop locally by securing corporate sponsors.
—Kelly Meyerhofer, jsonline.com, 29 July 2025
If your work wasn’t structured like that, find other similarities between your work and the in-house staff, such as working closely with them, using the same processes, or interacting with the same senior leaders.
—Caroline Ceniza-Levine, Forbes.com, 28 July 2025
Offensively, the Ravens return their entire coaching staff and all but one starter.
—Jeff Zrebiec, New York Times, 28 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for staff
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Hitter was one of hundreds of prospective teachers who’ve been part of a range of state and local programs aimed at strengthening the teaching workforce in Wisconsin.—
Rory Linnane,
jsonline.com,
7 Aug. 2025
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Paramount had already cut 15% of its domestic workforce in 2024, adding additional layoffs earlier this year.—
Dade Hayes,
Deadline,
7 Aug. 2025
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These toads are a non-native species introduced to control sugar cane pests almost a century ago.—
Lois K. Solomon,
Sun Sentinel,
8 Aug. 2025
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Raised in a small town in Puebla, Mexico, her parents grew sugar cane to support a family that struggled financially.—
Olivia Cyrus,
Sacbee.com,
7 Aug. 2025
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The motion asked for the court to hold the city in contempt of court, saying LAPD officers hit journalists with batons and arrested them in violation of the court's previous order.—
BrieAnna J. Frank,
USA Today,
15 Aug. 2025
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Now, more than a decade later and after years of work together, Nathan is handing the baton to Rogers.—
Imani Cruzen,
Twin Cities,
12 Aug. 2025
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Kuipers offers an innovative framework for thinking about the different ways in which these states reconcile the tension between state building and nation building by blending discretion, meritocracy, and affirmative action in the recruitment of personnel.—
Foreign Affairs,
Foreign Affairs,
19 Aug. 2025
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Police rendered first aid before Phoenix Fire Department personnel arrived and took the man to a hospital with life-threatening injuries, according to Fernandez.—
Rey Covarrubias Jr,
AZCentral.com,
19 Aug. 2025
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Wilder got the Getty family to agree to have a full concrete pool installed, but minus the pumps and usual engineering since it was only needed for a few days of shooting.—
Philip Potempa,
Chicago Tribune,
8 Aug. 2025
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Meanwhile, at low tide, the beach widens—revealing tidal pools where children hunt for tiny crabs and sea glass.—
Lewis Nunn,
Forbes.com,
8 Aug. 2025
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By July, the arrival of the monsoon usually brings in higher humidity and more regular rainfall, which can slow existing fires' growth and allow crews to get ahead of them.—
Hayleigh Evans,
AZCentral.com,
19 Aug. 2025
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One element that is central to your firefighting experience is being one of the few women and sometimes the only woman on a crew.—
Jane Ciabattari
August 19,
Literary Hub,
19 Aug. 2025
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“Staff.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/staff. Accessed 23 Aug. 2025.
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