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staffs

noun

variants or staves

Definition of staffs

plural of staff

as in workforces

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 canes

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 staffs Both coaching staffs believed their teams were prepared for a four-quarter battle. — Abbygail Granados, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 19 Sep. 2026 Most of the coaches believe too many staffs rely on rankings and offer lists. — Manny Navarro, New York Times, 16 Sep. 2026 Under a less dire scenario, Paramount could shift its corporate headquarters to another state to qualify for incentives but still maintain large staffs in the creative hubs of Los Angeles and New York, where the company has its legal headquarters. — Meg James, Los Angeles Times, 14 Sep. 2026 Pneumatic recovery boots, once a niche tool for pro training staffs, now show up in the nightly routines of Simone Biles, Patrick Mahomes, Venus Williams, Stephen Curry and other elite competitors. — Samantha Agate, Sacbee.com, 14 Sep. 2026 The news and editorial staffs of The New York Daily News had no role in this post’s preparation. — Ascend Agency, New York Daily News, 11 Sep. 2026 The department requested the city’s City Planning and Dangerous Buildings staffs to assess the structure. — Eric Adler, Kansas City Star, 7 Sep. 2026 Larger, older cities toward the core of the Phoenix metro tend to have more taxpayers, deeper pockets, larger staffs and a long history of securing access to different sources of water. — Alex Hager, NPR, 31 Aug. 2026 The parliamentarian’s office advises legislators and their staffs, committees, and each chamber’s presiding officer on legislative procedure and precedent. — Encyclopedia Britannica, 28 Aug. 2026

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Noun

The data demonstrates that anxious workforces tend to overcompensate with high performance before quitting, rebelling or failing.

— Stacey Zolt Hara, Fortune, 14 Sep. 2026
The Rise Of Human-AI Hybrid Workforces HR leaders must be prepared to govern hybrid workforces composed of people and increasingly autonomous AI agents.

— Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 14 Sep. 2026

Definition of workforces

Noun

This is because fruit development consumes much of the vine’s energy, so removing the fruit at this point allows the vine’s energy to continue to develop a strong cordon, canes (vertical shoots), and root system.

— The San Diego Union Tribune, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Sep. 2026
Choose 3-6 strong, healthy, outside canes per plant to keep and leave 3-5 buds on each cane.

— Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 10 Sep. 2026

Definition of canes

Noun

Police responded with tear gas and smoke bombs, batons and shields.

— Théoden Janes, Charlotte Observer, 17 Sep. 2026
The Unbadged invited people to submit videos of personnel who used batons and tear gas against protestors without wearing a name badge, which police are legally required to wear.

— Omkar Khandekar, NPR, 2 Sep. 2026

Definition of batons

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Today, the paper operates with about 50 full-time employees and freelancers, a major decline from years past when the staff was in the hundreds.

— Ruben Vives, Los Angeles Times, 16 Sep. 2026
The restaurant said employees who worked that day were vaccinated against the disease and being monitored.

— Nathan Pilling, Kansas City Star, 16 Sep. 2026

Definition of employees

Noun

The generous make-up, applied to counter the punishing lights set up by TV crews in St Paul’s, gave her a stately pallor.

— Katie Nicholl, Vanity Fair, 22 Sep. 2026
This gave participants experience coordinating with other platforms and units without moving aircraft or crews to one location.

— Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 22 Sep. 2026

Definition of crews

Noun

Parents ship young children abroad; white-collar professionals become fast-food workers; migration cleaves young lovers.

— Sanjena Sathian, Vulture, 22 Sep. 2026
While both lawsuits were brought on antitrust grounds, the WGA focused heavily in its own suit about the impact that the merger would have on workers.

— Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 21 Sep. 2026

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