How to Use personnel in a Sentence

personnel

noun
  • They've reduced the number of personnel working on the project.
  • She's the director of personnel.
  • Talk to personnel if you have any questions about your health insurance.
  • And even with personnel changes, the standard doesn’t drop.
    — Colin Cerniglia, Charlotte Observer, 20 Apr. 2025
  • Suicide has been the main killer of U.S. personnel since the Sept. 11 attacks.
    — Petula Dvorak, Washington Post, 30 May 2022
  • A lot of guys can get up here and complain about personnel.
    — Omar Kelly, Miami Herald, 27 May 2025
  • More than 1,600 personnel were assisting in the effort to quell the flames.
    — Christopher Cann, USA TODAY, 26 July 2024
  • News of a personnel change at the top has caused shares in housebuilder Berkeley Group to sink in end-of-week trading.
    — Royston Wild, Forbes.com, 20 June 2025
  • None of this speaks to the number of injuries and personnel issues Utah has endured along the way.
    — Josh Newman, The Salt Lake Tribune, 2 Jan. 2023
  • Some of the 49ers’ personnel may be better, but the Cowboys boast the same elements.
    — Dallas News, 20 Jan. 2023
  • Great coaches though find great ways to best use their personnel.
    — Creg Stephenson | [email protected], al, 1 Nov. 2022
  • Some of it was their back-end personnel and scoring approach.
    — Kevin Paul Dupont, BostonGlobe.com, 21 May 2022
  • At the same time, D.C. police have been coping with a personnel shortage.
    — John D. Harden, Washington Post, 29 Dec. 2023
  • At the event, Hayes had $30 worth of weed in an eyeglass case with him, and security personnel found it.
    — Ilana Frost, Peoplemag, 11 Feb. 2024
  • Slow down and move over for roadside crews and safety personnel.
    — Stephen J. Beard, USA TODAY, 17 Apr. 2023
  • Some of our personnel is a little bit different this year than the last couple of years.
    — Richard Obert, The Arizona Republic, 4 Nov. 2022
  • Hunt’s journey is one faced by any number of TV-news personnel.
    — Brian Steinberg, Variety, 26 Sep. 2023
  • For months, the county has been hiring and training personnel.
    — Sherry Greenfield, Baltimore Sun, 27 May 2023
  • One of the few positions where the change in personnel offered a clear takeaway was running back.
    — Kevin Reynolds, The Salt Lake Tribune, 25 Sep. 2022
  • The White House said the troops will join more than 4,800 federal personnel who have already been deployed to help states in the region respond to the storm.
    — Kathryn Watson, CBS News, 2 Oct. 2024
  • Around this time, the conductor asked if any medical personnel were on the train.
    — Gillian Telling, People.com, 12 Dec. 2024
  • Everything went well, thanks to the competent health personnel, who took care of me.
    — Stephanie Petit, Peoplemag, 14 Jan. 2024
  • About 16 people were rescued by fire and EMS personnel, Quagliano said.
    — Emily Shapiro, ABC News, 12 June 2023
  • Airline personnel have also dropped him in helping him in and out of his chair, Lee noted.
    — Megan Cerullo, CBS News, 24 Nov. 2023
  • Schools being used for storage would be required to use 50% of their space for personnel and office space.
    — Rachel Fradette, The Indianapolis Star, 31 Mar. 2023
  • Part of the problem, of course, can be attributed to injuries; the Cougars’ personnel has been a revolving door.
    — Kevin Reynolds, The Salt Lake Tribune, 27 Sep. 2022
  • Since when do medical personnel not get a call to be at a concert in Toronto??
    — Starr Bowenbank, Billboard, 28 July 2022
  • The Hurricanes have more than enough talent to contend in the ACC, but will performance match the personnel?
    — Jon Wilner, The Mercury News, 10 Aug. 2024
  • In that video, Punk is seen walking with Randy Orton and security personnel.
    — Andrew Ravens‎, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 June 2025
  • Steep terrain and access made this fire difficult for personnel to raise containment.
    — Ca Wildfire Bot, Sacbee.com, 30 June 2025

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