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Meanings of manpower in English

Portuguese
força de trabalho
Catalan
treballadors

The force of workers available.

força de trabalho
Usage of manpower in English
1
The union has complained that police need more manpower to fight crime.
Reuters
2
The print media also would have problems: space, manpower - and boredom.
The Irish Times
3
Police manpower has been increased in Alotau to maintain law and order.
Radio NZ
4
Added manpower would not suggest to Whit a mission of limited danger.
Destined to last
5
Your manpower would suffer in the event that we come under attack.
Sacrifice
6
He also admitted that the Syrian army is facing a manpower shortage.
The Guardian
7
But they have not had enough manpower to visit Nuristan for months.
Reuters
8
Local law ain't got the manpower to enforce a thing like that.
Depraved
9
Their projects required mammoth manpower and miles of fabric and other materials.
The Guardian
10
We may need the manpower, and SI is out of this one.
Death masks
11
There's risk of theft and manpower. So if not cash, then what?
Reuters
12
We don't have the manpower or resources to go on the offensive.
Outpost
13
Still they did not have the manpower to establish a decisive advantage.
The Guardian
14
Our intel says they haven't got the manpower to push us out.
Burning up
15
But the project was still operating under political, economic, and manpower difficulties.
The Report on Unidentified Flying Objects
16
Just over half the spending is devoted to manpower, education and training.
The Irish Times
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