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
Directors and executives who approve and deploy AI that undermines workforces, violate emerging regulations, or create systemic risks face personal liability.
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Steven Wolfe Pereira, Forbes.com, 20 Jan. 2026
Several CEOs have voiced concern about the polarization in society and in their workforces.
—Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson, semafor.com, 18 Jan. 2026
The second greatest threat for the year, according to Experian, are deepfake candidates infiltrating remote workforces.
—Amanda Gerut, Fortune, 13 Jan. 2026
By 2050, most people will command workforces larger than the biggest multinational corporations of today.
—Erik Brynjolfsson, Time, 2 Jan. 2026
Such concerns tend to be either economic in focus (forecasting stark drops in growth and productivity as populations age and shrink) or nativist (fearing that national identities will erode as populations dwindle and countries seek immigrants to make up for shrinking workforces).
—Foreign Affairs, 16 Dec. 2025
With its large tourism, agriculture, construction and entertainment industries, the state depends heavily on temporary and mobile workforces.
—Joan A. Reid, The Conversation, 8 Dec. 2025
These ten extraordinary projects collectively represent hundreds of billions of dollars in investment and decades of construction effort, employing cutting-edge tunnel boring technology, advanced geological surveying, and massive workforces.
—Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 4 Dec. 2025
Job cuts in industries with large immigrant workforces have squeezed finances, as has a broader cost-of-living crunch.
—Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN Money, 3 Dec. 2025
Steven Wolfe Pereira, Forbes.com, 20 Jan. 2026
Several CEOs have voiced concern about the polarization in society and in their workforces.
—Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson, semafor.com, 18 Jan. 2026
The second greatest threat for the year, according to Experian, are deepfake candidates infiltrating remote workforces.
—Amanda Gerut, Fortune, 13 Jan. 2026
By 2050, most people will command workforces larger than the biggest multinational corporations of today.
—Erik Brynjolfsson, Time, 2 Jan. 2026
Such concerns tend to be either economic in focus (forecasting stark drops in growth and productivity as populations age and shrink) or nativist (fearing that national identities will erode as populations dwindle and countries seek immigrants to make up for shrinking workforces).
—Foreign Affairs, 16 Dec. 2025
With its large tourism, agriculture, construction and entertainment industries, the state depends heavily on temporary and mobile workforces.
—Joan A. Reid, The Conversation, 8 Dec. 2025
These ten extraordinary projects collectively represent hundreds of billions of dollars in investment and decades of construction effort, employing cutting-edge tunnel boring technology, advanced geological surveying, and massive workforces.
—Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 4 Dec. 2025
Job cuts in industries with large immigrant workforces have squeezed finances, as has a broader cost-of-living crunch.
—Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN Money, 3 Dec. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for workforces
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The news and editorial staffs of The Denver Post had no role in this post’s preparation.—
Sara B. Hansen,
Denver Post,
23 Jan. 2026
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Verlander and Scherzer crossed paths twice, pitching on the same staffs with the Detroit Tigers and a short tint with the Mets before both were traded.—
Barry M. Bloom,
Forbes.com,
23 Jan. 2026
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Whether your days are spent eating, drinking, hiking, or moving between gardens, beaches and rock pools, Madeira rewards the curious, and leaving you with unfinished business.—
Lauren Mowery,
Forbes.com,
22 Jan. 2026
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The hotel’s contemporary concrete architecture acts as a bracing-yet-beautiful contrast to the dusty rock plateaus, while many of its minimalist guest rooms come with private plunge pools that look out to the horizon.—
Nicole Kliest,
Vogue,
22 Jan. 2026
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Crews began treating highways with brine after midnight Saturday, with 1,800 workers on 12-hour shifts, Georgia Department of Transportation Commissioner Russell McMurry said.—
Dan Raby,
CBS News,
25 Jan. 2026
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That act – passed in the wake of a wave of terror by government workers affiliated with racist groups like the Ku Klux Klan – does not apply to federal employees and could not be used in a case against Ross.—
Andy Rose,
CNN Money,
25 Jan. 2026
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The memo was included in a disclosure to senators by Whistleblower Aid, a nonprofit legal organization, based on information provided by two of their clients, government employees who are not named in the document.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
24 Jan. 2026
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So when an attack sends most employees into its shelter, at least two people must remain at the control panel to manage the system.—
Svitlana Vlasova,
CNN Money,
24 Jan. 2026
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“Workforces.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/workforces. Accessed 28 Jan. 2026.
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