staffs

variants or staves
plural of staff

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of staffs The news and editorial staffs of the Orange County Register had no role in this post’s preparation. Memorialcare Saddleback Medical Center, Oc Register, 16 Oct. 2025 The news and editorial staffs of The Denver Post had no role in this post’s preparation. Sponsored Content, Denver Post, 16 Oct. 2025 Also cited is the economic climate, as linear networks have been trimming staffs amid advertising shifts to other platforms. Ted Johnson, Deadline, 15 Oct. 2025 Dooley’s Georgia staffs naturally had a number of Auburn products, including defensive line coach Steve Greer. Seth Emerson, New York Times, 10 Oct. 2025 The result is not just uncertainty for viewers, TV executives and show staffs, but a pall over an advertising category that's long been a staple of live TV. Lillian Rizzo, CNBC, 1 Oct. 2025 Both medical staffs for the Jets and Dolphins made their way quickly to Hill, who was put into an air cast and placed on the back of a cart. Ryan Morik, FOXNews.com, 30 Sep. 2025 Since 2020, Hallberg has held several roles on Kapler and Melvin’s coaching staffs, serving as first-base coach over the last two seasons. Justice Delos Santos, Mercury News, 30 Sep. 2025 The news and editorial staffs of Southern California News Group and The San Diego Union-Tribune played no role in this post’s preparation. Melanie Marshall, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for staffs
Noun
  • Some employees sustained minor injuries.
    NPR, NPR, 17 Oct. 2025
  • Paramount had more than 18,600 employees at the end of 2024, though there have been additional layoffs earlier this year before the Skydance deal closed.
    Alex Weprin, HollywoodReporter, 17 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Several streets around the site were closed, patrolled by Illinois State Police officers wearing riot helmets and holding batons on patrol.
    Daniella Silva, NBC news, 3 Oct. 2025
  • The plaintiffs later accused the department of violating the order by hitting journalists with batons and arresting them during an August protest.
    BrieAnna J. Frank, USA Today, 15 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Military members, along with all other federal workers, typically receive back pay after shutdowns end.
    David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 14 Oct. 2025
  • Instead, authorities will have to interview other workers who were not there and who may offer insight into the conditions, Chittum said.
    Rebekah Riess, CNN Money, 14 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • This makes room for the growth of new canes, which are more productive.
    Rita Perwich, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Oct. 2025
  • Cover the pot and the bottom few inches of the rose canes with soil, then add a layer of mulch for insulation.
    Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 30 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The economic fallout from deportations is typically focused on the impact to industries with large unauthorized immigrant workforces, such as construction and agriculture.
    Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN Money, 16 Oct. 2025
  • In fact, health systems across the country are reducing their workforces.
    Aman Kidwai, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • According to investigators, the occupants were seeking to enter the country to find work and had set sail from Weihai, Shandong Province, disguising themselves as anglers with fishing rods.
    Micah McCartney, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Oct. 2025
  • This linen-blend pinch pleated option is light-filtering—in other words, not as dense as room-darkening curtains or blackout designs—and available in 38 colors, with curtain rings and rods sold separately.
    Shoko Wanger, Architectural Digest, 6 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The grounds crews can work on the grass sections in tight quarters underneath the concourses and get grow lamps on them even when they’re retracted.
    Parker Gabriel, Denver Post, 13 Oct. 2025
  • At the scene Sunday afternoon, crews worked to bring the fire under control, at one point ordering firefighters out of the building.
    Grace Zokovitch, Boston Herald, 13 Oct. 2025

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