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There are two different plurals, which have different uses: staffs and staves.

Staff is:

1. a group of people employed by a company, individual etc, for executive, clerical work, etc

2. a body of teachers or lecturers

3. the officers appointed to assist a commander

The plural is staffs when referring to more than one of the above groups. Example: The General Staffs of all NATO countries attended the meeting.

4. a type of stick, such as a walking stick or emblem of authority

5. something that sustains or supports "bread is the staff of life"

6. a pole on which a flag is hung

7. a pole used as a handle

8. (also called stave) the system of horizontal lines grouped into sets of five, upon which music is written.

The plural is usually staves but sometimes staffs.

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