manpower

Example Sentences

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Nigel Gould-Davies, of the International Institute of Strategic Studies, says with Russia "facing growing industrial and manpower constraints, it must soon decide whether to forcibly mobilise its economy and society".

From BBC • May 26, 2026

He talks, at length, about another priority: reducing Russia's advantage in terms of manpower.

From BBC • Apr. 27, 2026

Russia, whose battlefield advances have slowed since last year, has paid a high price in manpower for relatively small territorial gains.

From Barron's • Apr. 12, 2026

Ukraine, too, is struggling to raise enough manpower.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 24, 2026

Nowhere was the awe-inspiring scale of the Manhattan Project—in spending, in manpower, in physical size—as evident as at Y-12.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik