Thesaurus results for PERSONNEL

personnel

noun

ˌpər-sə-ˈnel

Definition of personnel

as in staff

a body of persons at work or available for work we finally have enough personnel to start that big project

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Recent Examples of personnel Bryan West Amidst the barricades already set up, additional officers, units and tactical personnel are expected around the venue. — Bryan West, USA Today, 4 July 2026 Firefighters, police officers, paramedics and emergency medical personnel are repeatedly exposed to crisis, tragedy and human suffering. — John R. Gordon, Hartford Courant, 5 July 2026 More than 7,000 active-duty military personnel are based on Guam, which has a total population of more than 150,000 people. — Brad Lendon, CNN Money, 6 July 2026 Khalra disappeared in 1995 after being taken into police custody, and later court proceedings resulted in the conviction of several police personnel. — Hannah Abraham, Forbes.com, 5 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for personnel

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Noun

The staff is friendly, knowledgeable and welcoming, ready to answer any questions guests might have about a cocktail menu that changes throughout the year.

— Blair Crosby, AJC.com, 5 July 2026
Instead of adding a few robots to assist hotel staff, Pudu wants to create a connected robot service system that can handle the entire guest experience.

— Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 5 July 2026

Definition of staff

Noun

The current model, which is linked to the manpower deployed, views AI as a threat.

— Nimit Mehra, Forbes.com, 2 July 2026
Closing the Manhattan Bridge, diverting traffic, and managing the safety of staging a zombie apocalypse downtown required the cooperation and manpower of multiple agencies with their own sets of pressing priorities and responsibilities.

— Chris O'Falt, IndieWire, 30 June 2026

Definition of manpower

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There are any number of leadership books purporting to direct would-be career professionals on how to manage, in so many different ways, including the leadership of a workforce, which is one of the stickier parts of being a leader, in general.

— John Werner, Forbes.com, 4 July 2026
The dramatic expansion of the city’s early childhood system will require a similarly rapid scaling of its workforce.

— Cayla Bamberger, New York Daily News, 4 July 2026

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