skeleton crew

Examples (10)

• During the holiday period, the factory operates with just a skeleton crew.
• The hospital maintains a skeleton crew on weekends to handle emergencies.
• Due to budget cuts, the company is now down to a skeleton crew.
• We'll be running a skeleton crew on Christmas Day, so only essential services will be available.
• The night shift is managed by a skeleton crew responsible for monitoring the systems.
• After the main project launch, the team was reduced to a skeleton crew for maintenance.
• The ship sailed with only a skeleton crew to bring it to the next port for repairs.
• As a startup, we operated with a skeleton crew for the first year to minimize costs.
• Can we manage the store with a skeleton crew during the slow off-season?
• Only a skeleton crew was left to shut down the plant before the hurricane hit.