- present participle of staff.
Example Sentences
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Staffing agencies sometimes provide travel nurses with health insurance during a contract and for up to a month afterward, if a nurse wants to take a break between gigs.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 27, 2026
Staffing shortages within the Transport Security Administration have created friction for passengers, but there’s one clear winner emerging from the airport chaos.
From Barron's • Mar. 26, 2026
Staffing had increased from 400 at the time of the handover to 750 now.
From BBC • Feb. 12, 2026
Staffing shortages at major airports led to flight reductions.
From MarketWatch • Jan. 26, 2026
From the report of the Committee on the Staffing of Government Offices we gather that there has been a good deal of overflapping.
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 156, March 26, 1919 by Various