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[staf, stahf] / stæf, stɑf /




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After months of hawkish commentary from senior RBA staff, policymakers left open the possibility that interest rates could be raised further.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 3, 2026

"He said he was happy with his staff and the way things have been going, and I respected him for that."

From BBC ● Nov. 2, 2026

Thousands of Virgin Media O2 staff face redundancy risk as the telecoms firm looks to save money in the face of billions of pounds of debt and tougher competition.

From BBC ● Nov. 1, 2026

“He was transferred to Johns Hopkins for further monitoring and is responding well to treatment,” Murphy’s chief of staff, Allison Herwitt, said in a statement.

From Salon ● Nov. 1, 2026

The son of Connecticut’s governor, Trumbull was a talented young artist who sketched maps for Washington and joined his military staff.

From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis

On the evening of July 16, in the Black Hills of South Dakota, dozens of election officials and their staffs gathered for a reception near Mount Rushmore.

From Salon ● Oct. 26, 2026

"Guard, guard, strength, strength, for my people, for my land," the guards chanted as they held their traditional wooden staffs aloft during the gathering in Caloto in violence-plagued Cauca department.

From Barron's ● Oct. 23, 2026

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

Even local Sierra ski areas, like Palisades Tahoe, closed on Tuesday because their large staffs of professional ski patrollers could not keep up with the rapidly accumulating snow and keep guests safe from avalanches.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 18, 2026

A couple of them swing whips of fire while others twirl staffs of glittering light.

From "Amari and the Night Brothers" by B.B. Alston

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

However, that only staves off the pressure for a moment as the kick fails to make touch and Ireland are on the front foot again.

From BBC ● Mar. 30, 2024

Already, apart from many younger lads, more than a hundred sturdy hobbits were assembled with axes, and heavy hammers, and long knives, and stout staves; and a few had hunting-bows.

From "The Return of the King" by J.R.R. Tolkien

Plants around the region added third, overnight shifts, staffed by Haitians.

From Slate ● Oct. 28, 2026

But many crossing points aren’t staffed by authorities.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 27, 2026

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

The entire facility is staffed by uniformed members of the US Navy and Marine Corps.

From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026

The White House butlers who staffed the residence, mostly African American men who were our age or older, stood poised to help us with anything we needed.

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama

That model allows companies to increase or decrease staffing levels as needed, said Challenger.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 29, 2026

Department staffing records show that Gutierrez, 30, joined the force in March 2022 and previously worked in Newton Division in South L.A. before transferring to Foothill Division in the Valley.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 28, 2026

The trust says staffing levels remain below what is required to fully staff both maternity units.

From BBC ● Oct. 27, 2026

“The staffing was there, the expertise was there, the visibility was there, the funding was there,” Macias said.

From Salon ● Oct. 26, 2026

We can prevent the people fighting wars or staffing emergency rooms or policing the streets from making mistakes.

From "Blink" by Malcolm Gladwell


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