staff
noun
a group of persons, as employees, charged with carrying out the work of an establishment or executing some undertaking.
were staffing
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past progressiveof staff.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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At Starbucks, there were staffing and management changes at the local level, and top executives were dispatched.
From New York Times ● May 22, 2023
On a recent morning, only three people were staffing the flight control room: operations controller Irma Aracely Quispe-Neira, ground systems engineer Evan Adams and command controller Kayla Yates.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 26, 2022
Savacool said officials hoped to have the local hospital emergency room open within 24 hours and said paramedics were staffing fire engines for emergency medical care.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 5, 2021
At nearby Northpark Mall, workers were staffing stores such as Dillard’s on Friday, and at least a dozen shoppers showed up when the doors opened.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 27, 2020
When I passed through here two years ago, skinny border guards from the regime of President Bashar al-Assad were staffing the post.
From BBC ● Sep. 27, 2012
