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staff

[staf, stahf] / stæf, stɑf /




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Fluhler said that, for the time being, staff members are prepping around two-thirds of what they were before, a move that’s helped lower costs, since the owners don’t have to buy those products.

From MarketWatch Jul. 18, 2026

Thursday, he thought he and the staff could simply remove the layers of mud and water from the floor.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 18, 2026

Significant attention has been paid to Jordan Wood, former chief of staff to former Rep. Katie Porter, D-Ca., brewery owner Dan Kleban and environmental policy consultant David Costello.

From Salon Jul. 18, 2026

The Senate passed a resolution in April banning lawmakers in the upper chamber, and their staff who are often privy to sensitive information, from betting on Kalshi and Polymarket.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 18, 2026

I play until staff does a bed check and finds me missing.

From "The Tenth Mistake of Hank Hooperman" by Gennifer Choldenko

The position was created by statute in the 1800s; the marshal serves as the chief of police for the court, attends each court session, and handles ministerial duties, like paying the justices and their staffs.

From Slate Jul. 15, 2026

Even local Sierra ski areas, like Palisades Tahoe, closed on Tuesday because their large staffs of professional ski patrollers could not keep up with the rapidly accumulating snow and keep guests safe from avalanches.

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 18, 2026

He helps decide who staffs agencies, what gets funded, which direction the country points in when it comes to research.

From Slate Jan. 20, 2026

These funds-of-funds typically employ large staffs to rigorously analyze the track record of other hedge funds in hopes of identifying those with the greatest probability of producing impressive future returns.

From MarketWatch Dec. 22, 2025

The Governor's guards held their own staffs ready.

From "A Wish in the Dark" by Christina Soontornvat

For many Americans taking a weight-loss drug, Thanksgiving presents a conundrum: Take the weekly dose that staves off hunger, or push it off so they can feast?

From The Wall Street Journal Nov. 26, 2025

"In our model, the barrel staves spread out in steps," he says, "each step representing a new limiting factor that becomes active as the cell grows faster."

From Science Daily Nov. 11, 2025

France's Emmanuel Macron was on Friday due to pick a head of government tasked with pulling the country out of a political gridlock, in a move that staves off fresh elections for now.

From Barron's Oct. 10, 2025

However, that only staves off the pressure for a moment as the kick fails to make touch and Ireland are on the front foot again.

From BBC Mar. 30, 2024

There the yew bows were made and repaired; staves for lances and pikestaffs were cut.

From "The Door in the Wall" by Marguerite de Angeli

They are usually staffed by lifelong public servants who, in an ideal world, are focused solely on making sure government officials properly use their taxpayer-funded budgets and legal authority.

From Slate Jul. 15, 2026

The Olympics will also be staffed by thousands of officers from agencies from across the state.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 8, 2026

The BBC understands Ahmed left prison on Thursday and is now in 24-hour staffed accommodation, wearing a GPS electronically monitored tag.

From BBC Jul. 3, 2026

Supporters of the reform say it would create nimble police forces that are more easily held accountable and staffed by locals who know the terrain.

From Barron's Jun. 24, 2026

Tucked away in Tututepec, 8-Deer assembled a private army, staffed it with many relatives, and in a series of swift campaigns seized dozens of neighboring villages and city-states.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann

Ranchers in the U.S., which exported $9.3 billion in beef and beef products in 2025, say those staffing cuts could threaten their bottom lines.

From MarketWatch Jul. 18, 2026

To help fill the staffing gap, the FAA said it expects five supervisors and, by the end of July, four trainees to be qualified to help manage traffic.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 15, 2026

The Santa Barbara County Fire Department was working Tuesday to get approval from the state to augment staffing and pre-deploy resources, said Mike Gray, a public information officer.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 15, 2026

With 11 patients on the ward, staffing levels meant a member of staff would have had to observe a patient roughly every 54 seconds.

From BBC Jul. 14, 2026

Wednesday morning the bake sale table is missing from the courtyard, and at lunch there’s only one person staffing it.

From "The Running Dream" by Wendelin Van Draanen




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