staff
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Overseeing an endowment of about $150.3 million, Ryan is prioritizing annual support for free admission and programming while raising endowment funds for staff positions.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 12, 2026
The government last week promised some 3,000 substitute teachers would be deployed in the coming days to replace absent staff at the 114 worst-affected high schools.
From Barron's ● Oct. 12, 2026
In addition to the main house, there is a separate guesthouse and dedicated accommodations for staff, providing plenty of space for visitors and those working on the estate.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 12, 2026
Around him, staff work the phones giving debt and benefits advice to locals.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 12, 2026
Compared to the expansive staff of the Academy, the mountain was run and maintained by just a small group of professors, a handful of security officers, a few tech specialists, a cook, and a housekeeper.
From "Glitch" by Laura Martin
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As employees became more productive with AI tools, the thinking went, enterprises would trim their staffs and purchase fewer software subscriptions, also known as “seats.”
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 30, 2026
Player salaries are capped, but ownership’s resources matter much in terms of creating a competitive infrastructure of coaches, basketball operations, medical and scouting staffs.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 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
But small businesses, which had cut roles on net in November, grew their staffs last month, putting private-sector jobs in positive territory overall, she said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 7, 2026
A forest had surely been felled to make the tall staffs that held the banners.
From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin
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Early-morning pilgrims had arrived by foot or car, some in traditional white smocks and thatched hats, carrying wooden staves.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 6, 2026
"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
“I think I’ll do better with bookkeeping than barrel staves, all right. There’s just one part of this that bothers me.”
From "Carry On, Mr. Bowditch" by Jean Lee Latham
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Last year, the novelist and television writer staffed the Netflix adaptation of “Assassin’s Creed,” which filmed in Rome.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 12, 2026
That’s a big drop when you consider the fact that outside of New York City, more than 80% to 85% of fire departments are staffed by volunteers, according to the same organization.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026
Unified School District to add more security cameras on campus, install more safeguards along railings and ensure all campuses have police officers staffed on site.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2026
The enhanced training is delivered by the Force Protection Training Flight, a specialist team staffed by members of the RAF Regiment.
From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2026
Bletchley Park, the U.K.’s secret code-breaking center, was staffed with hundreds of mathematicians, linguists, and professors, and it had dedicated units that could solve Abwehr Enigma with pencil and paper alone.
From "The Woman All Spies Fear" by Amy Butler Greenfield
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It requires adequate staffing, good managers, training, compensation and enough breathing room for employees to exercise judgment.
From Salon ● Oct. 11, 2026
Whether prices are set by governing bodies or the stadiums, the costs of putting on a major sports event include things like utilities, staffing, technology, insurance and marketing.
From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026
Some marketers are staffing up to handle the challenge.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026
Kjer said the department never recovered from the 2008 recession, when city leaders cut staffing by more than 25%, leaving it with about 1,500 workers last year.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026
While we stayed rent-free in the residence and had our utilities and staffing paid for, we nonetheless covered all other living expenses, which seemed to add up quickly, especially given the fancy-hotel quality of everything.
From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama
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