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[staf, stahf] / stæf, stɑf /




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Dozens of legislators, staff and agency personnel have already been briefed on the latest research, and Boerner said she’s putting together a working group.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 14, 2026

Kennedy herself had been associated with Cadiz since before she became chief of staff to former Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger in 2005.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 14, 2026

And what about support staff like teaching assistants, canteen staff and librarians?

From BBC Jul. 13, 2026

Fain’s chief of staff, Chris Brooks, recently left the UAW after one of the monitor’s reports revealed text messages in the Fain-led plan to sideline Mock.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 13, 2026

He remained inside his office in Cupertino, California, big enough for a staff of twenty-five people, but the fund was shuttered and the office was empty.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis

Allen’s shows are significantly less expensive to produce than the traditional sofa-and-desk format for a major TV network, which have traditionally used high-priced hosts, live bands and substantial writing staffs.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 6, 2026

He helps decide who staffs agencies, what gets funded, which direction the country points in when it comes to research.

From Slate Jan. 20, 2026

All three of Maye, Lawrence and Williams saw their fortunes improve with new coaching staffs that oversaw rapid turnarounds.

From The Wall Street Journal Jan. 5, 2026

These funds-of-funds typically employ large staffs to rigorously analyze the track record of other hedge funds in hopes of identifying those with the greatest probability of producing impressive future returns.

From MarketWatch Dec. 22, 2025

Masks train with scims and staffs and our bare hands, on horses and boats, blindfolded and chained, with no sleep, with no food.

From "An Ember in the Ashes" by Sabaa Tahir

For many Americans taking a weight-loss drug, Thanksgiving presents a conundrum: Take the weekly dose that staves off hunger, or push it off so they can feast?

From The Wall Street Journal Nov. 26, 2025

"In our model, the barrel staves spread out in steps," he says, "each step representing a new limiting factor that becomes active as the cell grows faster."

From Science Daily Nov. 11, 2025

France's Emmanuel Macron was on Friday due to pick a head of government tasked with pulling the country out of a political gridlock, in a move that staves off fresh elections for now.

From Barron's Oct. 10, 2025

It means not all the cuts will go ahead and it staves off effective bankruptcy, but it also saddles Havering with high debt repayments for the next 20 years.

From BBC Mar. 18, 2024

For neutron stars, the pressure of the neutrons staves off gravity.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan

After leaving prison, Ahmed was sent to 24-hour staffed accommodation and fitted with a GPS electronically monitored tag.

From BBC Jul. 13, 2026

The Olympics will also be staffed by thousands of officers from agencies from across the state.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 8, 2026

The BBC understands Ahmed left prison on Thursday and is now in 24-hour staffed accommodation, wearing a GPS electronically monitored tag.

From BBC Jul. 3, 2026

Supporters of the reform say it would create nimble police forces that are more easily held accountable and staffed by locals who know the terrain.

From Barron's Jun. 24, 2026

They will take me to the Children’s Aid Society, a place staffed by friendly social workers who keep the children in their care warm and dry and fed.

From "Orphan Train" by Christina Baker Kline

The agency still has its eyes on Salmonella and a form of E. coli, but due to an onslaught of funding cuts and staffing shortages, it has had to shift priorities.

From Salon Jul. 10, 2026

But the district has not adjusted its staffing to match, the letter says.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 9, 2026

"When this new Ebola came, the staffing was not there, and the emergency stock that we also used to have was also not there," he says.

From BBC Jul. 7, 2026

But dependable monthly job creation and stronger staffing across a range of industries have made the job market much less concerning than the limp hiring seen late last year.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 3, 2026

As she commenced cardiopulmonary resuscitation, she yelled for Dr. Larry Silver, one of the volunteers staffing the HRA clinic, who was in the next room.

From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer




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