staffer
Americannoun
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a member of a staff of employees or coworkers.
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Journalism. an editorial employee, especially a writer.
noun
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California has served as the division’s laboratory for all of these changes, or, as one former civil rights staffer put it, its “punching bag.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 19, 2026
Jordan Wood, a former congressional staffer, first ran for Senate, then for the House, and is now back in the Senate race.
From Slate ● Jul. 16, 2026
Fain was a virtually unknown staffer in the Stellantis department at UAW headquarters when he narrowly won the top job in 2023.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 13, 2026
"It's like the 30th person," said an event staffer.
From Barron's ● Jul. 3, 2026
After he was introduced by a LiNK staffer, he said hello to the students in Korean and asked, through a translator, if they had any questions.
From "Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West" by Blaine Harden
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