as in staff
a body of persons at work or available for work
we finally have enough personnel to start that big project
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Recent Examples of personnel
Mazda is training its dealership personnel to better understand the product and brand.
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Paul Du Quenoy, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Mar. 2025
Emergency personnel pronounced the cyclist, a Woodland man in his 50s, dead at the scene.
—Darrell Smith, Sacbee.com, 27 Mar. 2025
Caseworkers assist Affordable Care Act health plan consumers and Medicare Advantage beneficiaries with enrollment if they can’t be helped by call center personnel.
—Meg Tirrell, CNN Money, 27 Mar. 2025
Despite SpaceX picking up the national security slack during Vulcan delays, the ULA rocket’s capability is something Space Force personnel have anxiously awaited.
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—Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 26 Mar. 2025
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Paul Du Quenoy, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Mar. 2025
Emergency personnel pronounced the cyclist, a Woodland man in his 50s, dead at the scene.
—Darrell Smith, Sacbee.com, 27 Mar. 2025
Caseworkers assist Affordable Care Act health plan consumers and Medicare Advantage beneficiaries with enrollment if they can’t be helped by call center personnel.
—Meg Tirrell, CNN Money, 27 Mar. 2025
Despite SpaceX picking up the national security slack during Vulcan delays, the ULA rocket’s capability is something Space Force personnel have anxiously awaited.
Brig.
—Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 26 Mar. 2025
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“Personnel.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/personnel. Accessed 6 Apr. 2025.
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