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Synonyms for manpower
ˈmænˌpaʊ ərman·pow·er

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Princeton's WordNet1.0 / 1 vote

  1. work force, workforce, manpower, hands, mennoun

    the force of workers available

    Synonyms:
    work force, workforce, hands, custody, men

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  1. List of paraphrases for "manpower":

    human, workforce, labour, staff, staffing, talents, labor, manning, personnel, talent

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  1. John Catanzara:

    If we suspect the numbers are true and we get a large number of our members who stand firm on their beliefs that this is an overreach, and they're not going to supply the information in the portal or submit to testing, then it's safe to say the city of Chicago will have a police force at 50 % or less for this weekend coming up, that is not because of the FOP, that is 100 % because of the mayor's unwillingness to budge from her hard line. So whatever happens because of the manpower issue, that falls at the mayor's doorstep.

  2. Thames Water:

    This fatberg is up there with the biggest we’ve ever seen, it’s a total monster and taking a lot of manpower and machinery to remove as it’s set hard.

  3. Keith Salisbury:

    The war fighter needs a decision : ‘ Do I engage or not ? ’ the process in general is a bunch of chat windows open on a computer screen — about 20 or more — and then a bunch of people start looking into systems to find out, ‘ Where is that target ? What are the surrounding facilities ? Are there schools ? Are there hospitals ? Are there civilian populations ? What munition would be appropriate ? Do we engage or not ? By using technology developed by private companies, The Air Force says it saved time and manpower, and even saved nearly a million dollars of fuel per week. ( REUTERS) As part of a Defense Innovation Advisory Board, leaders from technology companies like Pivotal Software went to the Combined Air Operations Center( CAOC) at Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar to see how they could help. What they encountered was startling. They saw lots of whiteboards.

  4. Chris Olivarez:

    The initial group of officers that were on scene, at that point, they were at a point of disadvantage because the shooter was able to barricade himself inside that classroom. There was not sufficient manpower at that time and their main, their primary focus was preserve any further loss of life, so they started breaking windows around the school, and trying to rescue, evacuate children and teachers while that was going on.

  5. John Catanzara:

    That is not because of the FOP, that is 100 % because of the mayor's unwillingness to budge from her hard line. So whatever happens because of the manpower issue, that falls at the mayor's doorstep.


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