staff
noun
a group of persons, as employees, charged with carrying out the work of an establishment or executing some undertaking.
staffing
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present participleof staff.present participle
A verb form that is used in progressive verb constructions and may also function as a modifier or a gerund.
Example Sentences
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Once elevated to his new posts, Salisbury took charge of carrying out the second Trump administration’s agenda for HSI, personally issuing staffing directives, reassignments and promotions, current and former agency officials told ProPublica.
From Salon ● Aug. 15, 2026
Driscoll, the chair of international staffing firm Magnit Global, supports a proposal that would require high earners to pay more into the system.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 14, 2026
As of March, there were 5,554 full-time equivalent probation officers, a shortfall of 1,556 against the target staffing level of 7,110.
From BBC ● Aug. 12, 2026
They are necessary because many of the more than 125,000 employers surveyed monthly about staffing totals send in their responses late, if at all.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026
Howard worked at Clovis for four years, each time staffing the field crews with a mix of sunburned locals in boots and jeans and well-tailored Ivy League college students on vacation.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
