on (the) staff
idiom
US
: working as a member of the group of people employed by an organization or business
We have a full time nurse on staff.
He's been on the staff for 25 years.
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Duane Akina was stripped of his defensive coordinator duties (but will remain on staff); assistant Danny Gonzalez was elevated to the post.
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Jon Wilner, The Mercury News, 23 Jan. 2025
Though the difference here is that Glenn is getting all of the offseason and training camp while Ulbrich was thrown into the fire midseason (without anyone else on staff who had head-coaching experience).
—Zack Rosenblatt, The Athletic, 23 Jan. 2025
While the two have never worked together, McDaniels was on staff for all of Vrabel’s playing days in New England from 2001-08.
—Andrew Callahan, Boston Herald, 21 Jan. 2025
The troubled Metropolitan Detention Center jail in Brooklyn has just two doctors on staff to care for its more than 1,100 inmates, and an opening for a third physician has gone unfilled for nearly a decade.
—John Annese, New York Daily News, 19 Jan. 2025
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Jon Wilner, The Mercury News, 23 Jan. 2025
Though the difference here is that Glenn is getting all of the offseason and training camp while Ulbrich was thrown into the fire midseason (without anyone else on staff who had head-coaching experience).
—Zack Rosenblatt, The Athletic, 23 Jan. 2025
While the two have never worked together, McDaniels was on staff for all of Vrabel’s playing days in New England from 2001-08.
—Andrew Callahan, Boston Herald, 21 Jan. 2025
The troubled Metropolitan Detention Center jail in Brooklyn has just two doctors on staff to care for its more than 1,100 inmates, and an opening for a third physician has gone unfilled for nearly a decade.
—John Annese, New York Daily News, 19 Jan. 2025
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“On (the) staff.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/on%20%28the%29%20staff. Accessed 2 Feb. 2025.
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