How to Use head count in a Sentence

head count

noun
  • Its slate has not ramped up, the company hasn’t expanded in head count or office space.
    Brian Welk, IndieWire, 4 Oct. 2024
  • Chefs are given a head count at the beginning of the evening, at peak time and near the end of dinner.
    Nathan Diller, USA TODAY, 21 Mar. 2024
  • The company is not adding to its head count in order to run the facility.
    Talia Soglin, Chicago Tribune, 19 Sep. 2023
  • Meet the women of the 118th Congress The presence of more women on Capitol Hill has affected more than the head count.
    USA Today, 17 Mar. 2023
  • Some crew members also did a head count for their sections, but did not tally the numbers up across the aircraft.
    Rachel Pannett, Washington Post, 12 Dec. 2023
  • By contrast, the shelter count is a head count gathered directly from the shelters.
    Doug Smith, Los Angeles Times, 29 June 2023
  • Soon after a company decides to cut its head count, the debate begins: Who should go?
    Chip Cutter, WSJ, 26 Mar. 2023
  • The DeSantis campaign had swelled to more than 90 staff members in its first two months—meaning these recent cuts amount to more than a third of the total head count.
    Adrienne Mahsa Varkiani, The New Republic, 25 July 2023
  • His escape went undetected for more than an hour until guards took a head count.
    Maryclaire Dale and Marc Levy, Anchorage Daily News, 12 Sep. 2023
  • It should be noted that when the event is at a restaurant, or catered, as a wedding may be, some people make the mistake of thinking a head count is not important.
    Jacobina Martin, Washington Post, 3 Oct. 2023
  • Henderson was always the rudder, the one to keep a head count, never letting his teammates divide up.
    Luca Evans, Orange County Register, 31 July 2024
  • Avianca's employee head count will grow by some 1,200, Neuhaser added.
    Fox News, 7 Sep. 2023
  • About six dozen smaller cities, towns and villages have challenged their head count through two Census Bureau programs.
    Mike Schneider, ajc, 17 Feb. 2023
  • About six dozen smaller cities, towns, and villages have challenged their head count through two Census Bureau programs.
    Mike Schneider, BostonGlobe.com, 17 Feb. 2023
  • The operator of the USD Coin stablecoin plans to boost head count by up to 25% this year as many other crypto businesses cut staff.
    Wsj Staff, WSJ, 22 Feb. 2023
  • This year's freshman head count is similar to last year's, although transfer students are down 4%.
    Ryan Anderson, Arkansas Online, 1 Oct. 2023
  • Circle, operator of USD Coin, plans to boost head count by up to 25% this year as many other crypto businesses cut staff.
    WSJ, 24 Feb. 2023
  • The company said its head count reductions have stemmed from less hiring and attrition.
    Chicago Tribune, 31 Aug. 2023
  • The 2020 census was the first time in the nation’s once-a-decade head count that administrative records were used to fill in gaps about households with missing information.
    Mark Schneider, Fortune, 27 Mar. 2023
  • Cavalcante was gone for nearly an hour before his absence was noticed during a head count.
    Christopher Cann, USA TODAY, 8 Sep. 2023
  • Students' semester credit hours this fall are up 1%, although head count is down 1%, according to UALR.
    Ryan Anderson, Arkansas Online, 1 Oct. 2023
  • As a result, payments providers are scrutinizing budgets, and some have reduced head count.
    Greg Cohen, Forbes, 20 Apr. 2023
  • McKinsey is also reducing head count by about 2,000 jobs, one of its biggest culls ever.
    Bloomberg Wire, Dallas News, 21 Apr. 2023
  • During a routine head count about 7:15 p.m. Monday, authorities discovered that the inmates were not in their cell.
    Martin Weil, Washington Post, 22 Mar. 2023
  • Local officials have been unable to obtain passenger data from ICE, not even a head count.
    Mckenzie Funk, ProPublica, 8 Mar. 2024
  • After that, orientation and identity questions could appear on the next census – a head count of every person living in the country – slated for 2030.
    Andre Mouchard, Orange County Register, 8 May 2024
  • The technology platforms are still a way off to really reduce the head count dramatically.
    Tax Notes Staff, Forbes, 7 Mar. 2023
  • Meaningless meetings, unstructured time, and management by head count can be major sources of frustration, says Farage.
    Lisa Conn, Forbes, 26 Feb. 2024
  • Despite the lower student head count, few empty storefronts mar Clarion’s downtown.
    Lydia Depillis, New York Times, 13 Mar. 2023
  • There was no immediate information available on the company’s current South Florida head count or how many would lose their jobs here.
    David Lyons, Sun Sentinel, 5 July 2024

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