head count
Example Sentences
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By the end of 2025, the agency’s head count was roughly one-quarter smaller than it had been at the start of the year, according to one count.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 5, 2026
The head count was 86.2 million, down from 86.5 million in just 12 months.
From Barron's • Jun. 4, 2026
“Typically, reduction in head count is looked at as a negative, but we look at it very differently,” said McNulty, the CFO.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026
By the end of March, Ethan Allen’s head count was around 3,100, down close to 6% from a year earlier and a nearly 40% drop from March 2019.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026
When the guards came through for the next head count, the prisoners would have bad headaches but not much to tell.
From "Six of Crows" by Leigh Bardugo
