workforces

noun

plural of workforce
as in staffs
a body of persons at work or available for work the office's entire workforce is devoted to a single project right now

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Recent Examples of workforces The company told city officials this would result in about $75 million investment in private capital and around 90 to 100 jobs in technical, maintenance and security workforces. — Paula Wethington, CBS News, 20 Oct. 2026 Regional industry networks would combine technology and talent to create more agile workforces, new capabilities, lines of business, and growing market shares. — Byron Auguste, Fortune, 13 Oct. 2026 The remarks show that policymakers are moving from debating whether AI will disrupt jobs to deciding how to cushion the fallout, at a time when rapidly aging populations, particularly in Asia, already threaten to shrink workforces. — Anniek Bao, CNBC, 12 Oct. 2026 Throughout the world, rapidly aging countries have resorted to foreign labor to fill jobs left vacant by shrinking workforces and to care for surging elderly populations. — Carl Minzner, Foreign Affairs, 5 Oct. 2026 The most urgent demand is coming from industrial sectors facing aging workforces and persistent labor shortages. — Artem Sokolov, Forbes.com, 23 Sep. 2026 There’s a chance this doesn’t resolve at all until next spring or beyond, leaving two major Hollywood studios’ workforces, at just about every level of the pecking order, in limbo, wondering whether they’ll be canned in a few months. — Josef Adalian, Vulture, 10 Sep. 2026 Now, advanced and sophisticated products are helping growing companies extend the impact of their existing workforces in ways that previously weren’t realistically attainable. — Lyssanoel Frater, USA Today, 24 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for workforces
  1. staffs
  2. pools
  3. workers
  4. employees
Noun
  • Both pitching staffs demonstrated their depth in Friday night's opener, and managing pitch counts will be vital as both managers try to keep their bullpens fresh for the upcoming travel day.
    — OutKick, FOXNews.com, 24 Oct. 2026
  • 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.
    — Andy Mannix, ProPublica, 19 Oct. 2026
Definition of staffs
Noun
  • The 4,000-square-meter space gives guests access to a variety of hot and cold pools, saunas, and a one-of-a-kind green space sprinkled with lounge chairs, firepits, and 360-degree mountain views.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 26 Oct. 2026
  • Broadcom, which helps Google develop chips for AI labs, is creating financing pools to help Anthropic and OpenAI deploy high-performance models, CEO Hock Tan told analysts earlier this year.
    — Jordan Novet, CNBC, 26 Oct. 2026
Definition of pools
Noun
  • But the movement has widened to include workers demanding relief from rising living costs, making the government’s task broader than resolving a dispute over university admissions.
    — Thomas Adamson, Los Angeles Times, 27 Oct. 2026
  • Also according to the emergency service, consecutive Russian strikes on a shopping center in Kharkiv injured four people late on Saturday, including three rescue workers.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 26 Oct. 2026
Definition of workers
Noun
  • The State Department on Wednesday ordered nonemergency government employees and their families to leave Saudi Arabia amid escalating attacks by the Houthis on Saudi infrastructure.
    — Miranda Jeyaretnam, Time, 22 Oct. 2026
  • Flock employees urged the company to adopt stronger security after a 2024 breach.
    — Douglas MacMillan, Washington Post, 21 Oct. 2026
Definition of employees

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“Workforces.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/workforces. Accessed 27 Oct. 2026.

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