as in staffs
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 workforces
DeGraff, a management professor and the dean of innovation at the University of Michigan, also noted how workforces change amid their AI planning cycles.
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Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 20 May 2026
Posting Growth tracks the percentage change in job listings over three years, showing which fields are actively expanding their workforces.
—Bybryan Robinson, Forbes.com, 18 May 2026
In four years, many employers could have agentic workforces embedded across nearly every function.
—Ethan Stone, USA Today, 18 May 2026
And as banks expanded, the law and professional service firms that worked alongside them also grew, with many of the largest doubling their workforces by the end of the 1980s.
—Literary Hub, 15 May 2026
Over those 12 slump years, bosses were shrinking their workforces at an average rate of 1% per year.
—Jonathan Lansner, Oc Register, 7 May 2026
Other regions — including Nashville, Dallas, and Miami — have grown their creative workforces at double-digit rates since 2019.
—Lola W. Brabham, New York Daily News, 6 May 2026
Companies are feverishly deploying them across their workforces, encouraging employees to use the tech as much as possible.
—Frank Landymore, Futurism, 29 Apr. 2026
Meta and Microsoft have also announced plans to reduce their workforces, with Meta reinvesting in AI.
—Seema Mody,kate Rooney, CNBC, 25 Apr. 2026
Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 20 May 2026
Posting Growth tracks the percentage change in job listings over three years, showing which fields are actively expanding their workforces.
—Bybryan Robinson, Forbes.com, 18 May 2026
In four years, many employers could have agentic workforces embedded across nearly every function.
—Ethan Stone, USA Today, 18 May 2026
And as banks expanded, the law and professional service firms that worked alongside them also grew, with many of the largest doubling their workforces by the end of the 1980s.
—Literary Hub, 15 May 2026
Over those 12 slump years, bosses were shrinking their workforces at an average rate of 1% per year.
—Jonathan Lansner, Oc Register, 7 May 2026
Other regions — including Nashville, Dallas, and Miami — have grown their creative workforces at double-digit rates since 2019.
—Lola W. Brabham, New York Daily News, 6 May 2026
Companies are feverishly deploying them across their workforces, encouraging employees to use the tech as much as possible.
—Frank Landymore, Futurism, 29 Apr. 2026
Meta and Microsoft have also announced plans to reduce their workforces, with Meta reinvesting in AI.
—Seema Mody,kate Rooney, CNBC, 25 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for workforces
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Out with a sore right hip flexor muscle since Thursday, Buxton ran on the warning track, worked on fielding drills with outfield coach Grady Sizemore and headed to the weight room for more activity with the strength and athletic training staffs.—
Dan Hayes,
New York Times,
16 May 2026
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The Long Range Committee met six times over three months and included 70 residents and 59 teachers and staffs from the district’s feeder patterns.—
Fousia Abdullahi,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
13 May 2026
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Many of the Canopy and Miramar suites have private plunge pools.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
16 May 2026
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To that end there are also state-of-the-art fitness facilities with a spa, indoor and outdoor pools, tennis and pickleball courts, and a long roster of yoga and exercise classes.—
Robb Report Studio,
Robb Report,
16 May 2026
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Passed in the final days of session and signed into law by Lamont earlier this week, the bill was praised as a massive victory for the state’s labor community and has been strongly embraced by unions and workers advocacy groups.—
P.R. Lockhart,
Hartford Courant,
17 May 2026
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Sections of roadwork, albeit with no workers.—
Weike Wang,
New Yorker,
17 May 2026
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Sources close to SkyShowtime said Paramount’s WBD deal had created palpable uncertainty among employees, leading to speculation about how the mega-merger will affect SkyShowtime’s shareholder structure.—
Jake Kanter,
Deadline,
15 May 2026
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The layoffs do not affect its coffeehouse employees.—
Amelia Lucas,
CNBC,
15 May 2026
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“Workforces.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/workforces. Accessed 22 May. 2026.
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