as in staff
a body of persons at work or available for work
we finally have enough personnel to start that big project
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Recent Examples of personnel
It was surrounded on every side by a moat-like parking lot, every parking space neatly marked by diagonal lines, white for transient parking, yellow for monthly parking, green for the building’s maintenance personnel.
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Literary Hub, 24 July 2025
Sacramento Fire Department personnel responded and extricated one person from a vehicle, according to Capt. Justin Sylvia, a spokesperson for the department.
—Ethan Wolin, Sacbee.com, 24 July 2025
Emergency personnel reportedly rushed to his home and he was seen being carried out of it in an ambulance.
—Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 24 July 2025
Israel’s elimination of Iranian uranium enrichment facilities and personnel, along with the United States’ response through Operation Midnight Hammer, protected its borders and the Free World from the escalated risks of nuclear effects.
—Brooke Taylor, Boston Herald, 24 July 2025
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Literary Hub, 24 July 2025
Sacramento Fire Department personnel responded and extricated one person from a vehicle, according to Capt. Justin Sylvia, a spokesperson for the department.
—Ethan Wolin, Sacbee.com, 24 July 2025
Emergency personnel reportedly rushed to his home and he was seen being carried out of it in an ambulance.
—Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 24 July 2025
Israel’s elimination of Iranian uranium enrichment facilities and personnel, along with the United States’ response through Operation Midnight Hammer, protected its borders and the Free World from the escalated risks of nuclear effects.
—Brooke Taylor, Boston Herald, 24 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for personnel
Noun
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In some counties, staff have doubled the incentive for families to shop locally by securing corporate sponsors.—
Kelly Meyerhofer,
jsonline.com,
29 July 2025
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If your work wasn’t structured like that, find other similarities between your work and the in-house staff, such as working closely with them, using the same processes, or interacting with the same senior leaders.—
Caroline Ceniza-Levine,
Forbes.com,
28 July 2025
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Prose is Alliance Residential’s workforce housing brand started in 2018 to address the need for more quality affordable housing, according to the company’s website.—
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
14 July 2025
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As many agree that AI agents will ultimately become an integral part of the workforce, this is one train no finance leader should miss.—
Jim DeLoach,
Forbes.com,
14 July 2025
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“Personnel.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/personnel. Accessed 7 Aug. 2025.
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