How to Use head count in a Sentence

head count

noun

• 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
• 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
• The net result will reduce Meta’s head count by nearly a quarter—a far more aggressive reduction than those announced by other big tech companies that overhired during the pandemic.
  — Dan Gallagher, wsj.com, 26 Apr. 2023
• United Talent Agency also trimmed its head count, as did several competing agencies.
  — Brooks Barnes, New York Times, 8 Nov. 2023
• Its most immediate challenges are restoring its pilot and cabin crew head count, and increasing flight capacity.
  — Tiffany May, New York Times, 29 May 2023

Last Updated: 4 Nov 2024