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staffer

[staf-er, stah-fer] / ˈstæf ər, ˈstɑ fər /
NOUN
wage earner
Synonyms
STRONGEST
blue collar blue-collar worker breadwinner
WEAK
employee income producer jobholder one who brings home the bacon salaried worker staff member wage slave wageworker

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One top staffer to the president is also known to be so situated, as is the Army secretary and one other unnamed official.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 30, 2026

Cabinet secretaries were rushed out of the room, and a security staffer called out for House Speaker Mike Johnson’s wife, Kelly.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 26, 2026

That’s why Powell’s final turn at the lectern Wednesday is “so momentous,” said Julia Coronado, a former top Fed staffer and president of MacroPolicy Perspectives.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 25, 2026

“They don’t have the funding and they don’t have the expertise,” the staffer said.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 22, 2026

He read each one carefully, jotting responses in the margins so that a staffer could prepare a reply or forward a concern on to a cabinet secretary.

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama

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