workforces

plural of workforce

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Recent Examples of workforces The data demonstrates that anxious workforces tend to overcompensate with high performance before quitting, rebelling or failing. Stacey Zolt Hara, Fortune, 14 Sep. 2026 The Rise Of Human-AI Hybrid Workforces HR leaders must be prepared to govern hybrid workforces composed of people and increasingly autonomous AI agents. Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 14 Sep. 2026 There’s a chance this doesn’t resolve at all until next spring or beyond, leaving two major Hollywood studios’ workforces, at just about every level of the pecking order, in limbo, wondering whether they’ll be canned in a few months. Josef Adalian, Vulture, 10 Sep. 2026 Now, advanced and sophisticated products are helping growing companies extend the impact of their existing workforces in ways that previously weren’t realistically attainable. Lyssanoel Frater, USA Today, 24 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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for workforces
Noun
  • Both coaching staffs believed their teams were prepared for a four-quarter battle.
    Abbygail Granados, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 19 Sep. 2026
  • Most of the coaches believe too many staffs rely on rankings and offer lists.
    Manny Navarro, New York Times, 16 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • Knauss also shared photos of the devastation from the hurricane, which showed chairs overturned in the sanctuary and pools of water that damaged every corner of the facility.
    Raymond Strickland, CBS News, 21 Sep. 2026
  • But wherever credible revenue, savings or other financial value exists, scarce public dollars should help bring much larger pools of private capital to the table.
    Marcene Mitchell, Fortune, 20 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • Parents ship young children abroad; white-collar professionals become fast-food workers; migration cleaves young lovers.
    Sanjena Sathian, Vulture, 22 Sep. 2026
  • While both lawsuits were brought on antitrust grounds, the WGA focused heavily in its own suit about the impact that the merger would have on workers.
    Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 21 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • Today, the paper operates with about 50 full-time employees and freelancers, a major decline from years past when the staff was in the hundreds.
    Ruben Vives, Los Angeles Times, 16 Sep. 2026
  • The restaurant said employees who worked that day were vaccinated against the disease and being monitored.
    Nathan Pilling, Kansas City Star, 16 Sep. 2026

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“Workforces.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/workforces. Accessed 22 Sep. 2026.

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