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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The other key women on staff here also have sent their children to the academy.
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Jennifer Berry Hawes, ProPublica, 24 May 2024
Miser met Nice the first day of practice in the latter’s sophomore year — Nice’s first on varsity following the pandemic and Miser’s first on staff back with the program since graduating in 2017.
—Sam Cohn, Baltimore Sun, 10 Apr. 2024
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Jennifer Berry Hawes, ProPublica, 24 May 2024
Miser met Nice the first day of practice in the latter’s sophomore year — Nice’s first on varsity following the pandemic and Miser’s first on staff back with the program since graduating in 2017.
—Sam Cohn, Baltimore Sun, 10 Apr. 2024
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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 5 Jun. 2024.
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