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staff

[staf, stahf] / stæf, stɑf /




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Before coming to the Journal in 2026, Fernandez was the fashion features writer at The Cut at New York Magazine and a staff writer at The Business of Fashion.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026

The government said it was launching a recruitment campaign for staff who would "bring fresh perspectives and knowledge of the places they serve, moving decisions closer to the people they affect".

From BBC ● Oct. 30, 2026

Meanwhile, the Education Department currently has about half the staff it had in previous years.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 30, 2026

Aquarium staff check on the makeshift nursery three to four times a day, but will soon increase those visits to every other hour.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 30, 2026

“These are the staff elevators. All employees are required to use these elevators unless they are escorting customers.”

From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu

On the evening of July 16, in the Black Hills of South Dakota, dozens of election officials and their staffs gathered for a reception near Mount Rushmore.

From Salon ● Oct. 26, 2026

"Guard, guard, strength, strength, for my people, for my land," the guards chanted as they held their traditional wooden staffs aloft during the gathering in Caloto in violence-plagued Cauca department.

From Barron's ● Oct. 23, 2026

The model requires trade-offs, and a lot of discipline: Gund has never had a layoff but staffs sparingly so it can weather the leaner stretches.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2026

The party of incumbent presidents regularly loses seats in midterm elections, and it is common for presidents to shake up their staffs halfway through a term.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2026

A forest had surely been felled to make the tall staffs that held the banners.

From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin

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

Eight or nine men dressed as hunters, armed with swords, staves, and spears, emerged from the side gates and began prowling through the greenery, as if searching for game.

From "Tiger, Tiger" by Lynne Reid Banks

Plants around the region added third, overnight shifts, staffed by Haitians.

From Slate ● Oct. 28, 2026

The entire facility is staffed by uniformed members of the US Navy and Marine Corps.

From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026

Saavedra said he typically staffed at least two security guards to accompany Iza 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 28, 2026

When Kennedy first started, the HHS Office of the Inspector General staffed up to prepare to protect him, but shortly after he opted for protection by the U.S.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 23, 2026

It's staffed by two young women, one at either end.

From "Things Not Seen" by Andrew Clements

Through nonpartisan groups, parents are training to be poll monitors, law students are staffing legal hotlines, veterans are holding voting events and business owners are signing pledges to back local election officials.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 30, 2026

When student numbers fall, districts often still face high fixed costs for staffing, buildings and services.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 28, 2026

The trust says staffing levels remain below what is required to fully staff both maternity units.

From BBC ● Oct. 27, 2026

“The staffing was there, the expertise was there, the visibility was there, the funding was there,” Macias said.

From Salon ● Oct. 26, 2026

While we stayed rent-free in the residence and had our utilities and staffing paid for, we nonetheless covered all other living expenses, which seemed to add up quickly, especially given the fancy-hotel quality of everything.

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama


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