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staffer

[staf-er, stah-fer] / ˈstæf ər, ˈstɑ fər /
NOUN
wage earner
Synonyms
STRONGEST
blue collar blue-collar worker breadwinner
WEAK
employee income producer jobholder one who brings home the bacon salaried worker staff member wage slave wageworker

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That’s why Powell’s final turn at the lectern Wednesday is “so momentous,” said Julia Coronado, a former top Fed staffer and president of MacroPolicy Perspectives.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 25, 2026

But, the staffer added, “the hosts would want the network to be one thing, then the managers wanted it to be another thing, and the showrunners they brought in wanted it to be something else.”

From Slate • Apr. 21, 2026

A staffer shushes the Times journalists talking in the hallway.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 20, 2026

“And that is frightening to consider,” a former White House staffer admitted to me.

From Salon • Apr. 17, 2026

He read each one carefully, jotting responses in the margins so that a staffer could prepare a reply or forward a concern on to a cabinet secretary.

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama

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