Thesaurus results for STAVES

staffs

noun

variants or staves

Definition of staffs

plural of staff

as in workforces

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 canes

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 staffs Larger, older cities toward the core of the Phoenix metro tend to have more taxpayers, deeper pockets, larger staffs and a long history of securing access to different sources of water. — Alex Hager, NPR, 31 Aug. 2026 The parliamentarian’s office advises legislators and their staffs, committees, and each chamber’s presiding officer on legislative procedure and precedent. — Encyclopedia Britannica, 28 Aug. 2026 Between then and now, the club has held 21 practices and played two preseason games, giving the coaching and personnel staffs ample time to evaluate. — Sam McDowell, Kansas City Star, 27 Aug. 2026 Lawmakers and their staffs — many of them aware of that pressure — have been hearing from hospital leaders constantly about their fears about the implementation of the cuts. — Daniel Payne, STAT, 27 Aug. 2026 That means coach Sean Payton, general manager George Paton and their staffs will go essentially right from the game to finalizing their 53-man roster. — Parker Gabriel, Denver Post, 27 Aug. 2026 In Dolphins @ Raiders, new coaching staffs bring Miami's aggressive 4-3 D-line against Kirk Cousins' pocket needs, contrasting with the Raiders' transitioning 3-4. — Gladys Louise Tyler, Forbes.com, 22 Aug. 2026 Significant layoffs by companies in Silicon Valley and San Francisco played a role in the reversal in the rankings, with New York companies in the finance and AI sectors bulking up their staffs. — Dade Hayes, Deadline, 21 Aug. 2026 Their bakery is in the same building as the restaurant Brasero, where the two staffs share meals and more. — Carly Boers, Chicago Tribune, 18 Aug. 2026

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Now, advanced and sophisticated products are helping growing companies extend the impact of their existing workforces in ways that previously weren’t realistically attainable.

— Lyssanoel Frater, USA Today, 24 Aug. 2026
The companies with the most resilient workforces have made investment in employee trajectory a structural commitment, not a line item that disappears when headcount pressure arrives.

— Susan LaMotte, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2026

Definition of workforces

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Pruning In winter, when canes are done producing fruit for the season, prune the canes that bore fruit down to the base of the plant so new ones will grow in the spring.

— Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 14 Aug. 2026
Sales of Cardinal’s consumer healthcare products, such as crutches, canes and its Leader brand of cough drops and other over-the-counter medications, are also reported here.

— Zev Fima, CNBC, 11 Aug. 2026

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Tayfun Coskun / Anadolu via Getty Images Two former Golden State Warriors employees have sued the NBA franchise, alleging gender, age and race-based discrimination, workplace harassment and retaliation tied to their terminations.

— Devon Henderson, New York Times, 2 Sep. 2026
As a correspondent for the Tokyo Broadcasting System (TBS), Akiyama was chosen out of his 162 fellow employees who applied to fly to space in celebration of the network’s 40th anniversary.

— Robert Pearlman, ArsTechnica, 2 Sep. 2026

Definition of employees

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The administration says that crews are working 20 hours a day, seven days a week, to complete the project, which has been underway for nearly a year.

— Brittney Melton, NPR, 1 Sep. 2026
The animal was brought to safety as crews continued efforts to extinguish the fire and secure the scene.

— Denis Akbari, USA Today, 1 Sep. 2026

Definition of crews

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Their crabs are steamed, frozen and packed into boxes to be shipped to Sri Lanka, where workers remove the meat by hand.

— ABC News, ABC News, 2 Sep. 2026
The payrolls processing firm said firms added 38,000 workers, fewer than the upwardly revised 46,000 in July and below the Dow Jones consensus estimate for 47,000.

— Jeff Cox, CNBC, 2 Sep. 2026

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