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
This misses the immediate realities of a workforce that is roughly 70 percent hourly.
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Arthur Zaczkiewicz, Footwear News, 2 June 2026
In Washington State, the National Domestic Workers Alliance successfully updated the Workers’ Bill of Rights, extending protections to a workforce that is disproportionately women of color who have largely been excluded for a century.
—Sarita Gupta, Time, 2 June 2026
The law also expands Pell Grant eligibility to students enrolled in shorter-term workforce training programs.
—Mary Cunningham, CBS News, 1 June 2026
Many health systems still have their EMR, CRM and workforce tools running separately with limited integration.
—Munil Shah, Forbes.com, 29 May 2026
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Arthur Zaczkiewicz, Footwear News, 2 June 2026
In Washington State, the National Domestic Workers Alliance successfully updated the Workers’ Bill of Rights, extending protections to a workforce that is disproportionately women of color who have largely been excluded for a century.
—Sarita Gupta, Time, 2 June 2026
The law also expands Pell Grant eligibility to students enrolled in shorter-term workforce training programs.
—Mary Cunningham, CBS News, 1 June 2026
Many health systems still have their EMR, CRM and workforce tools running separately with limited integration.
—Munil Shah, Forbes.com, 29 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for workforce
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The offense has been a disaster, the pitching staff has sustained some key injuries and the club has spent the first two months struggling to keep its head above water.—
Mac Cerullo,
Boston Herald,
30 May 2026
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Times staff writers Seema Mehta, Nicole Nixon and Andrew Khouri contributed to this report.—
Karen Garcia,
Los Angeles Times,
30 May 2026
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The Navy sees these vessels as a potential way to increase fleet size without the enormous cost and manpower requirements associated with traditional warships.—
Kaif Shaikh,
Interesting Engineering,
1 June 2026
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The Ukrainian approach is born of a manpower crisis, where a smaller population has been ravaged by a devastating toll from four years of Russian invasion.—
Nick Paton Walsh,
CNN Money,
30 May 2026
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Warsh's personnel decisions will be closely scrutinized.—
Matt Peterson,
CNBC,
3 June 2026
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In a statement obtained by the outlet, Bakersfield Mayor Karen Goh said city officials were closely monitoring the situation and thanked law enforcement personnel for their response.—
Greg Wehner , Michael Sinkewicz,
FOXNews.com,
3 June 2026
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The plan removes hundreds of millions of emissions allowances but creates a new incentive pool and more free permits for industry, aiming to keep refineries and manufacturing from leaving the state.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
30 May 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,
30 May 2026
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“Workforce.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/workforce. Accessed 4 Jun. 2026.
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