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personnel

[pur-suh-nel] / ˌpɜr səˈnɛl /


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“Our personnel numbers in the group have grown over decades to a scale that is no longer sustainable today,” Blume said in the memo.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 13, 2026

Also part of the group are Peterborough United boss Luke Williams and Michael Wilde, who manages Colwyn Bay in the Cymru Premier, thrown together for this intensive, two-day exercise with military-trained personnel.

From BBC Jul. 13, 2026

The agency said 604 crews, with 1,068 personnel, dozers and water-dropping aircraft battled the fire.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 13, 2026

It was signed by Morgan DeWitt Snow, deputy director of presidential personnel in the Executive Office of the President.

From Salon Jul. 11, 2026

In a memo, Hoover informed Stone that he had begun combing through personnel files and identifying incompetent or crooked agents who should be fired.

From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann




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