staff
noun
a group of persons, as employees, charged with carrying out the work of an establishment or executing some undertaking.
have been staffing
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present perfect progressiveof staff.present perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that began in the past, has continued continuously, and is still in progress.
Example Sentences
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Typically, in early December, Almost Famous Popcorn would have been staffing up for the holiday rush, when the gourmet popcorn company does 60% of its sales.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 25, 2025
“It is a very complicated business, and compliance teams have been staffing up drastically in recent years, but AI can help stitch this information together very quickly.”
From BBC ● May 22, 2024
While airports have been staffing up to avoid the crippling labour shortages that curbed capacity last summer, governments are also being pressed to add more border agents.
From Reuters ● Feb. 24, 2023
Our institutions will need to be rebuilt with transparency, with heart and by learning from the people who have been staffing them, not just the managers and owners.
From The Guardian ● May 7, 2020
Over the past two months, Jamie Erlicht and Zack Van Amburg, who left Sony Pictures Television in June to lead Apple’s new programming unit, have been staffing up and scouting projects.
From New York Times ● Oct. 10, 2017
