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"workforce" is also used as a crossword clue. If that's what you saw, the answer is often personnel (9 letters).
Definitions
the force of workers available
Word origin
From work + force.
Used in a sentence
“The rail sector's ageing workforce (28% of workers are over 50 years old) means that about 15,000 people could retire from the industry by 2025.”
“But much of the federal workforce is located outside the nation’s capital, and Trump’s offer was met with confusion and skepticism in many of those offices.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer2 curated clues
01“Labor pool”9 letters
02“Employee pool”9 letters
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