staff

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Recent Examples of staff Apple’s repair staff in the European Union were required to complete training for the tech by the end of last week, suggesting some markets may be about to move over. PC Magazine, 8 Sep. 2025 The eight bedrooms and 12 baths also include a staff suite. Mark David, Robb Report, 8 Sep. 2025 Cooks, servers, dishwashers, and bar staff—the backbone of the dining industry—are frequently left behind by traditional employer benefits. Chelsea Davis, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025 About 2% of our staff identify as nonbinary or transgender. Vianna Davila, ProPublica, 2 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for staff
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Noun
  • So our workforce is 74% women, 76% Gen Z and Millennial, 44% diverse.
    Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson, semafor.com, 5 Sep. 2025
  • 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
Noun
  • As Simeon and Tupe engaged in soothing effleurage and loudly vigorous tapotement, respectively, six Maori women surrounded their tables and sang folk songs in harmony, guided by an elder in the audience with a long, gnarled cane.
    Sarah Larson, New Yorker, 8 Sep. 2025
  • Now 77, widowed, remarried and using hearing aids and a cane, Novy hasn’t seen an increase in his $1,575 monthly worker’s compensation check — nor have the other more than 300 other PTD recipients — since 2016.
    TOM KERTSCHER, jsonline.com, 5 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • For now, Salm said, NATO nations do not have the radar equipment, anti-air weapons or manpower to ensure full anti-drone coverage of their territories.
    David Brennan, ABC News, 10 Sep. 2025
  • Moscow has devoted considerable resources, manpower, and political will to its invasion of the country next door.
    Jeremy Shapiro, The Atlantic, 10 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Video footage verified by CNN shows the moment an officer draws his baton amid a struggle with one demonstrator as other officers tussle with protesters on the ground.
    Kara Fox, CNN Money, 6 Sep. 2025
  • This is not just the violence of batons or bullets, but the quieter devastation inflicted by law through denial, deferral or bureaucratic neglect.
    Hansel Alejandro Aguilar, Mercury News, 6 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The second certification is an advanced program that’s focused on industry leaders including people managers, C-suite personnel, and high-potential employees.
    Malana VanTyler, USA Today, 11 Sep. 2025
  • Several of these firings have led to lawsuits over the nature and validity of the president's ability to replace these individuals, calling into question the limits of the president to control personnel across the federal government.
    Peter Aitken Gabe Whisnant, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The Bel Air house, the pool, even the encampments of Los Angeles all gleam.
    Beandrea July, IndieWire, 7 Sep. 2025
  • The hotel, literally next door to the festival grounds—this means no sitting in traffic—is lovely enough, with 336 rooms and suites across six beachfront acres, including two massive outdoor pools, lush gardens, and a full range of water-sport options.
    Baz Dreisinger, Forbes.com, 7 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • To counter the explosive projectiles, Russian tank crews began mounting homemade cages above their turrets to cushion the tanks from blasts.
    Marco Hernandez, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2025
  • By Sunday evening, the fire crew managed to contain 14% of this wildfire.
    CA WILDFIRE BOT, Sacbee.com, 8 Sep. 2025

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“Staff.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/staff. Accessed 12 Sep. 2025.

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