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
India has one of the world's largest merchant navy workforces, with thousands of Indian sailors operating in Gulf shipping lanes.
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CBS News, 27 May 2026
Organizations recognizing this shift early will build workforces prepared for environments where intelligent systems increasingly shape work, decisions, and outcomes.
—Michael Edmondson, Forbes.com, 26 May 2026
As workforces navigate feeling both empowered and intimidated by the rise of AI, the onus is on leaders to equip their teams to forge the new era of work.
—Noor Lobad, Footwear News, 26 May 2026
Mobility and robotic workforces are fundamental to establishing a permanent human presence in space plus the creation of an entirely new era of the space economy, and that’s where Lunar Outpost will continue to lead.
—Chris Young, Interesting Engineering, 22 May 2026
DeGraff, a management professor and the dean of innovation at the University of Michigan, also noted how workforces change amid their AI planning cycles.
—Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 20 May 2026
In four years, many employers could have agentic workforces embedded across nearly every function.
—Ethan Stone, USA Today, 18 May 2026
And as banks expanded, the law and professional service firms that worked alongside them also grew, with many of the largest doubling their workforces by the end of the 1980s.
—Literary Hub, 15 May 2026
Over those 12 slump years, bosses were shrinking their workforces at an average rate of 1% per year.
—Jonathan Lansner, Oc Register, 7 May 2026
CBS News, 27 May 2026
Organizations recognizing this shift early will build workforces prepared for environments where intelligent systems increasingly shape work, decisions, and outcomes.
—Michael Edmondson, Forbes.com, 26 May 2026
As workforces navigate feeling both empowered and intimidated by the rise of AI, the onus is on leaders to equip their teams to forge the new era of work.
—Noor Lobad, Footwear News, 26 May 2026
Mobility and robotic workforces are fundamental to establishing a permanent human presence in space plus the creation of an entirely new era of the space economy, and that’s where Lunar Outpost will continue to lead.
—Chris Young, Interesting Engineering, 22 May 2026
DeGraff, a management professor and the dean of innovation at the University of Michigan, also noted how workforces change amid their AI planning cycles.
—Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 20 May 2026
In four years, many employers could have agentic workforces embedded across nearly every function.
—Ethan Stone, USA Today, 18 May 2026
And as banks expanded, the law and professional service firms that worked alongside them also grew, with many of the largest doubling their workforces by the end of the 1980s.
—Literary Hub, 15 May 2026
Over those 12 slump years, bosses were shrinking their workforces at an average rate of 1% per year.
—Jonathan Lansner, Oc Register, 7 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for workforces
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Yet, the team managed to beat up one of the best pitching staffs in the AL.—
Jen McCaffrey,
New York Times,
1 June 2026
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Van Gorder also brought the organization from the point of receiving votes of no confidence from its medical staffs to now having a genuine partnership in place between executive leaders and physicians, according to the news release.—
News Release,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
31 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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Public Risk Innovation, Solutions and Management is one of the biggest risk pools in the country.—
Daniel Lempres,
Sacbee.com,
29 May 2026
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Just days after the workers lodged these complaints, Spesshardt convened a meeting.—
Sam Tabachnik,
Denver Post,
31 May 2026
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Gang intervention workers have been credited by city officials as one of the factors behind significant reductions in violent crime in recent years, with homicides and shootings both falling to near-historic lows.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
30 May 2026
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The nine missing people are all employees of the mill.—
Jeanine Santucci,
USA Today,
29 May 2026
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Washington’s wife, Toni Washington, criticized jail employees for not searching inmates more thoroughly for drugs, and for placing Asaiah in a cell with an inmate who had been caught smuggling drugs into the jail before.—
Theresa Clift
May 29,
Sacbee.com,
29 May 2026
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