workforces

noun

plural of workforce
as in staffs
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 workforces Industries may handle their workforces differently based on a variety of factors. — Sebastian Herrera, Fortune, 8 Aug. 2026 The trend toward rewarding strong individual performers within a business marks a shift away from companies spreading pay hikes evenly across their workforces. — Megan Cerullo, CBS News, 4 Aug. 2026 Some firms appear to be increasing output without expanding their workforces at the same rate as before. — Felysha Walker, Kansas City Star, 24 July 2026 Tech companies such as Meta, Amazon, Oracle and others have been slashing their global workforces. — Queenie Wong, Los Angeles Times, 22 July 2026 These are key findings from the most recent Personiv CFO Pulse Survey, which shows that across industries and companies of all sizes, innovative leaders are now building hybrid F&A workforces. — Megan Weis, Forbes.com, 22 July 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for workforces
  1. staffs
  2. pools
  3. workers
  4. employees
Noun
  • The ratings do not consider personnel changes on the roster or coaching staffs.
    — Loren Maxwell, AJC.com, 10 Aug. 2026
  • The Pittsburgh Penguins announced the coaching staffs for their American Hockey League and ECHL affiliates ahead of the 2026-27 season.
    — Garrett Behanna, CBS News, 8 Aug. 2026
Definition of staffs
Noun
  • In the video, pools of thick, black oil can be seen stretching along the beach, on Qeshm’s southeast coast.
    — Kevin Liptak, CNN Money, 12 Aug. 2026
  • The 10 Most Expensive Homes Ever Sold Elsewhere, a sitting room/lounge opens to a garden trailed by rock formations, while natural light pools into the media room through clerestory windows.
    — Demetrius Simms, Robb Report, 12 Aug. 2026
Definition of pools
Noun
  • The aid workers who once regularly visited her village to help pregnant women had stopped coming, after foreign aid cuts by the United States shuttered a program aimed at saving mothers’ and babies’ lives.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 13 Aug. 2026
  • The idea is for tech workers to live and work in the same building.
    — John Ramos, CBS News, 13 Aug. 2026
Definition of workers
Noun
  • More damaging, employees gradually learn that raising concerns means navigating the leader's emotional reaction before addressing the actual issue.
    — Rodger Dean Duncan, Forbes.com, 13 Aug. 2026
  • Or, that some of those same city employees would set up web cameras so that hundreds of residents could watch the baby falcons grow up in their nest on a ledge outside City Hall.
    — Addison Wright, Chicago Tribune, 13 Aug. 2026
Definition of employees

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