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
London is finalizing a report that identifies the current cost of housing the city’s downtown workforce in different locations versus the cost of consolidating into one space.
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Jennifer Van Grove, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Jan. 2026
The Texas Workforce Commission shared with The News details about workforce programs such as apprenticeships, adult education and child care for eligible low- and moderate-income families.
—Alison Saldanha, Dallas Morning News, 20 Jan. 2026
There are nearly two job openings for every one person looking for work in Minnesota, and the state needs immigrants to mitigate workforce shortages.
—Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN Money, 15 Jan. 2026
But a key part of the vision also targets training to prepare a workforce for using AI, which many believe will be the most consequential technology in the future, its impact even deeper than the development of the internet.
—Kenneth R. Gosselin, Hartford Courant, 14 Jan. 2026
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Jennifer Van Grove, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Jan. 2026
The Texas Workforce Commission shared with The News details about workforce programs such as apprenticeships, adult education and child care for eligible low- and moderate-income families.
—Alison Saldanha, Dallas Morning News, 20 Jan. 2026
There are nearly two job openings for every one person looking for work in Minnesota, and the state needs immigrants to mitigate workforce shortages.
—Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN Money, 15 Jan. 2026
But a key part of the vision also targets training to prepare a workforce for using AI, which many believe will be the most consequential technology in the future, its impact even deeper than the development of the internet.
—Kenneth R. Gosselin, Hartford Courant, 14 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for workforce
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Labor secretary's staff members probed A member of Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer's security detail with whom she has been accused of having a romantic relationship has been placed on administrative leave during a misconduct investigation, two people familiar with the matter said.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
24 Jan. 2026
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But since then Boston has loaded up, with Garrett Crochet, Ranger Suarez, Sonny Gray and Bello expected to lead a staff that could rank among the game’s elite.—
Mac Cerullo,
Boston Herald,
24 Jan. 2026
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Not every church in America follows Pitts’s philosophies, of course—and, in the fifties and sixties, not every church was willing to provide manpower, housing, and moral leadership to the civil-rights movement.—
Jay Caspian Kang,
New Yorker,
20 Jan. 2026
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Shortly after declaring a working fire, the incident commander requested a second alarm to assign additional units and manpower.—
Amy McDaniel,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
18 Jan. 2026
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Wareham Police and emergency medical personnel responded to the home on Waban Avenue and found that Cameron was unresponsive.—
Rick Sobey,
Boston Herald,
21 Jan. 2026
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Good was killed by an ICE agent after the Department of Homeland Security surged thousands of personnel into the state with a twin mandate to enforce immigration laws and help investigate fraud.—
Michael Kaplan,
CBS News,
20 Jan. 2026
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Like the neighborhood kids playing at the community pool, also from his 1975 series, a stop-you-in-your-tracks, sincere, insightful, nostalgic slice of life from before kids were on their devices all day, kids turned loose by parents to have fun and make friends IRL.—
Chadd Scott,
Forbes.com,
24 Jan. 2026
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With the shot clock running down, Franklin passed the ball from the near mid-pool to Franklin positioned in front of the Beckman goal.—
Dan Albano,
Oc Register,
23 Jan. 2026
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“Workforce.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/workforce. Accessed 25 Jan. 2026.
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