as in staff
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 workforce
That's because the entire U.S. shipboard maritime workforce is projected to turn over in the coming decades.
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Jalen Williams, Freep.com, 14 July 2025
However a leader chooses to manage their team is up to them, King said, but the goal should be to focus on the entirety of the workforce to maximize potential and meet goals.
—Talia McWright, Twin Cities, 13 July 2025
The department has about 18,000 employees in its domestic workforce.
—Erin Mansfield, USA Today, 11 July 2025
Through consultation with nonprofit Jobs for the Future and support from The Connecticut Project, the new system will improve data collection, analysis, and reporting across the state’s workforce development efforts.
—Jean Eddy, Forbes.com, 1 July 2025
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Jalen Williams, Freep.com, 14 July 2025
However a leader chooses to manage their team is up to them, King said, but the goal should be to focus on the entirety of the workforce to maximize potential and meet goals.
—Talia McWright, Twin Cities, 13 July 2025
The department has about 18,000 employees in its domestic workforce.
—Erin Mansfield, USA Today, 11 July 2025
Through consultation with nonprofit Jobs for the Future and support from The Connecticut Project, the new system will improve data collection, analysis, and reporting across the state’s workforce development efforts.
—Jean Eddy, Forbes.com, 1 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for workforce
Noun
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However, even this approach may require IT skills that small companies don't have on staff.—
Atal Bansal,
Forbes.com,
2 July 2025
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The rules, spoken and otherwise, said that junior staff were there only to listen, with the hope that the wisdom of their elders would trickle down to them slowly but steadily, like how Reaganomics was supposed to work.—
Maris Kreizman
July 1,
Literary Hub,
1 July 2025
Noun
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Traffic control personnel, signing patterns and posted detours will guide motorists through the work zone, according to the DOT.—
Sean Krofssik,
Hartford Courant,
14 July 2025
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Whether Bongino ultimately decides to resign remains uncertain, though his potential departure would represent another high-profile personnel change within the administration's law enforcement apparatus.—
Adeola Adeosun,
MSNBC Newsweek,
14 July 2025
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The park also includes the Pond House, a playscape and spray pad for kids, a fitness circuit, trails, an Olympic size pool and picnic areas.—
Kaitlyn Keegan,
Hartford Courant,
5 July 2025
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The Elgin area also is less expensive than other areas in the Chicago market and has a good talent pool from which to fill their office and industrial jobs, Klein said.—
Mike Danahey,
Chicago Tribune,
4 July 2025
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“Workforce.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/workforce. Accessed 19 Jul. 2025.
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