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bench strength

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  1. Sports. the quality and number of players available to substitute during a game.

  2. Business. the competence and number of employees ready to fill vacant leadership and other positions.

    building an organization's bench strength through management training.


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Whether it is fitness, lack of tactical finesse or a shortage of bench strength, the fade is real.

From BBC ● Nov. 16, 2024

“We just don’t have that bench strength with the condors.”

From Scientific American ● Aug. 29, 2023

"We've obviously got significant bench strength here," Tesla CEO Musk said as he sat flanked by 16 executives.

From Reuters ● Mar. 2, 2023

“Deciding to leave was difficult, but made possible by my belief in the incredible bench strength of the Platform team and the company as a whole.”

From The Verge ● Jan. 7, 2022

“It’s atypical not to. And that’s inspiring. We have such deep bench strength because employees are nurtured from Day One.”

From Washington Post

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