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staff

noun

ˈstaf

Definition of staff

as in workforce

a body of persons at work or available for work we're working with a short staff at the office today

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a heavy rigid stick used as a weapon or for punishment carried a staff for self-defense when walking alone at night

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Recent Examples of staff Information from conversations with agency staff or law-enforcement officers may be helpful context, but the department’s record is generally the source used to determine the current status of a driving privilege. — Karen Koehler, Kansas City Star, 8 Oct. 2026 The shift in energy seems to draw members of the jail staff toward Rosie’s salon. — Elizabeth Gulino, Allure, 8 Oct. 2026 Career staff attorneys in the Bureau of Consumer Protection are drafting the CIDs, the senior FTC official said. — Ashley Gold, semafor.com, 8 Oct. 2026 These travelers enter the country through airports where CDC staff are already positioned. — ABC News, 8 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for staff

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That means reassessing Lauder’s processes, workforce and asset allocations, and making the tough decisions about right-sizing its workforce.

— Jenny B. Fine, Footwear News, 9 Oct. 2026
Among the initiative's goals is to expand the Coast Guard's military workforce by at least 15,000 members by the end of fiscal year 2028 to support an expanding fleet and growing mission demands.

— Michael Sinkewicz , Kelsie Cairns, FOXNews.com, 8 Oct. 2026

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There were taro patches and gardens planted with banana, sweet potato, sugar cane, noni, and more.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Oct. 2026
This integrated plant uses BDO (butanediol), an important ingredient made from sugar cane, to provide raw materials for textiles, footwear, packaging and automotive industries.

— Arthur Zaczkiewicz, Footwear News, 5 Oct. 2026

Definition of cane

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The capital, Sanaa, is under Houthi control, along with 70-80% of Yemen’s population and the military manpower that provides.

— Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 4 Oct. 2026
With only three hundred and fifty thousand citizens, Qatar lacked the manpower to establish physical dominance in the region.

— Ruth Margalit, New Yorker, 19 Sep. 2026

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In the deciding Game 4, Vesia took the baton from Glasnow with two outs and two runners on in the fifth, got the inning’s final out on one pitch and came back out in the sixth.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 8 Oct. 2026
In Paris, tear gas filled the air, and trash cans, school desks and chairs were set alight as riot police with shields and batons clashed with some demonstrators.

— Melissa Bell, CNN Money, 6 Oct. 2026

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At Will Does Not Answer Every Question California’s at-will rule gives employers broad room to make personnel decisions, including decisions an employee may consider abrupt or poorly reasoned.

— William Jones, Sacbee.com, 2 Oct. 2026
Treasury said Caspian had transported IRGC personnel and weapons to Syria and said Meraj had ferried illicit cargo, including weapons, to the Syrian government.

— Efrat Lachter, FOXNews.com, 2 Oct. 2026

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At the pool and beachside, reusable glass bottles are provided upon request in buckets of ice, free of charge.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 Oct. 2026
Take, for instance, the free-form rooftop pool which is shaded by native trees and blossoming plants and is the perfect spot to cool off from Thailand’s no-joke humidity.

— Condé Nast, cntraveler.com, 7 Oct. 2026

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