personnel
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Another social media user has reported that the textile company where their sister-in-law worked has fired 600 out of their 650 personnel, as they cannot import raw material from Australia anymore.
From BBC • Apr. 21, 2026
The Oakland Raiders had a throwaway 12th-round pick in the 1977 draft, and then-coach John Madden grew frustrated hearing his personnel executives contemplate using it on a basketball player or track guy.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 20, 2026
The recovery phase, now under way, requires a meaningful change of personnel.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 19, 2026
Evacuation orders have been issued in Lake Elsinore as around 300 firefighting personnel combat a wildfire that ignited Friday in a dry and brushy area, authorities said.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 17, 2026
I felt like a fraud, acting as the ship’s doctor, but I was the closest thing we had to medically trained personnel.
From "Adrift" by Paul Griffin
Vocabulary lists containing personnel
Nothing But the Truth
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