as in staff
a body of persons at work or available for work
the office's entire workforce is devoted to a single project right now
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Recent Examples of workforce
Boomers stayed in the workforce longer than expected, retired later, and held on to big houses as starter homes disappeared beneath them.
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Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 9 June 2026
The problem is, though, that collection activity doesn't necessarily stop once someone leaves the workforce, so retirees who fall behind on their debts are still likely to face at least some fallout.
—Angelica Leicht, CBS News, 9 June 2026
The reduction of 151 positions represents more than 8% of the county’s workforce as supervisors looked for ways to close a significant budget gap.
—Daniel Lempres, Sacbee.com, 9 June 2026
Smith said neighbors have concerns about the major construction impacts with lane reductions on Via de Santa Fe and La Granada and workforce parking clogging surrounding village streets.
—Karen Billing, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 June 2026
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Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 9 June 2026
The problem is, though, that collection activity doesn't necessarily stop once someone leaves the workforce, so retirees who fall behind on their debts are still likely to face at least some fallout.
—Angelica Leicht, CBS News, 9 June 2026
The reduction of 151 positions represents more than 8% of the county’s workforce as supervisors looked for ways to close a significant budget gap.
—Daniel Lempres, Sacbee.com, 9 June 2026
Smith said neighbors have concerns about the major construction impacts with lane reductions on Via de Santa Fe and La Granada and workforce parking clogging surrounding village streets.
—Karen Billing, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for workforce
Noun
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The journalists travelling with the pope sit at the back of the plane, while the pope, cardinals, bishops and Vatican staff sit at the front.—
Christopher Lamb,
CNN Money,
13 June 2026
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All employees and staff at the facility were evacuated safely.—
Lyanne Wang,
CBS News,
13 June 2026
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The culprit at the time was determined to not be related to the technology but to insufficient manpower.—
Rafael Olmeda,
Sun Sentinel,
9 June 2026
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Chicago Fire Department The Chicago Fire Department raised a still-and-box alarm for more equipment and manpower.—
Adam Harrington,
CBS News,
8 June 2026
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Incident types are numbered 1-5 — a type 1 incident is a large, complex wildfire affecting people and critical infrastructure, a type 5 incident is a small wildfire with few personnel involved.—
Meg Wingerter,
Denver Post,
10 June 2026
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As of June 9, the Cal Fire unit is expected to have 15 engines, 12 hand crews, seven dozers and seven water tenders and about 265 total personnel assigned to the incident.—
Noe Padilla,
USA Today,
9 June 2026
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Each ticket costs $5, and players may pick six numbers from two separate pools of numbers - five different numbers from 1 to 70 (the white balls) and one number from 1 to 24 (the gold Mega Ball) - or select Easy Pick/Quick Pick.—
Fernando Cervantes Jr,
USA Today,
13 June 2026
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Not because success should be redistributed equally, but because long-term prosperity depends on continuously renewing the pool of people capable of building globally dominant companies.—
Dileep Rao,
Forbes.com,
12 June 2026
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“Workforce.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/workforce. Accessed 13 Jun. 2026.
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