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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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as in cane
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
During the strike, most courtrooms were dark and records departments were largely closed to the public due to the lack of staff.
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Jakob Rodgers, The Mercury News, 22 Feb. 2025
Leaders must recognize and validate the emotions of their staff and communities, acknowledging the human cost of a crisis rather than focusing solely on operational recovery.
—Tom Rogers, Newsweek, 22 Feb. 2025
Mitch Flaherty was part of a small kennel staff that cared for the 31 dogs.
—Alicia Victoria Lozano, NBC News, 21 Feb. 2025
The Minnesota Reformer reported last month that Minneapolis Public Schools has been conducting staff trainings since December on how to respond if immigration officials demand access to a student.
—Imani Cruzen, Twin Cities, 10 Feb. 2025
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Jakob Rodgers, The Mercury News, 22 Feb. 2025
Leaders must recognize and validate the emotions of their staff and communities, acknowledging the human cost of a crisis rather than focusing solely on operational recovery.
—Tom Rogers, Newsweek, 22 Feb. 2025
Mitch Flaherty was part of a small kennel staff that cared for the 31 dogs.
—Alicia Victoria Lozano, NBC News, 21 Feb. 2025
The Minnesota Reformer reported last month that Minneapolis Public Schools has been conducting staff trainings since December on how to respond if immigration officials demand access to a student.
—Imani Cruzen, Twin Cities, 10 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for staff
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Earlier this week, a federal judge allowed Mr. Trump's efforts to slash the federal workforce to continue, declining a request to halt the terminations of government employees en masse as part of a separate lawsuit from a group of labor unions.—
Melissa Quinn,
CBS News,
21 Feb. 2025
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The workforce crisis would look even worse if not for the millions of refugees and other migrants Germany has taken in from countries like Syria, Afghanistan and Ukraine over the past decade.—
Jim Tankersley,
New York Times,
21 Feb. 2025
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In covert gatherings across California, raw goat or cow milk is mixed with cane alcohol and sugars to make pajaretes.—
Ryan Fonseca,
Los Angeles Times,
26 Feb. 2025
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But you cane experience a bit of Turner and Constable’s London by making a visit to the Royal Academy of Arts, where both artists studied, although Turner earned the Academy’s prestigious designation of Royal Academician in 1802; Constable was elected years later in 1829.—
Catherine Sabino,
Forbes,
25 Feb. 2025
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Eventually, Shaquille O’Neal and Bryant took the baton with the Lakers and passed it off to LeBron James.—
Evan Webeck,
The Mercury News,
14 Feb. 2025
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Patrick Mahomes and the Chiefs have willingly taken the baton from Brady and the Patriots as the NFL's latest dynasty.—
Jim Reineking,
USA TODAY,
31 Jan. 2025
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The grand jury toured the Hanceville jail on Feb. 12 and were left with no confidence in the police department’s ability to maintain a jail or to meet the basic health and safety needs of jail personnel or inmates, Crocker said.—
Janelle Griffith,
NBC News,
20 Feb. 2025
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Firings of key bird flu response personnel leave the response to the disease in a precarious state.—
Nicole Fallert,
USA TODAY,
20 Feb. 2025
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Limiting the pool to those who were under 25 and didn’t step to the plate 350 times last year costs us someone like Wyatt Langford, but still leaves us a smorgasbord of young talent, all above-average across the league in our four-stat score.—
Eno Sarris,
The Athletic,
24 Feb. 2025
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Nature Photography Category Winners and Finalists The image was taken at Mana Pools National Park in Zimbabwe at one of the pools that gives the area its name just as the sun was going down, imparting this beautiful golden light.—
Cecilia Rodriguez,
Forbes,
24 Feb. 2025
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Once the new crew members arrive, Wilmore and Williams, along with NASA astronaut Nick Hague and Russian cosmonaut Aleksandr Gorbunov, will depart the station on a separate capsule.—
Denise Chow,
NBC News,
20 Feb. 2025
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On Monday, a Delta Air Lines jet overturned while landing in extreme winds—just weeks after a Black Hawk helicopter collided with an American Airlines passenger plane over the Potomac River in Washington, D.C., killing all 64 passengers and three helicopter crew members.—
Dan Perry,
Newsweek,
20 Feb. 2025
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“Staff.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/staff. Accessed 4 Mar. 2025.
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