as in load
the amount of work that is expected to be done
Students complained about the heavy workload.
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Unionized housekeepers, however, have waged a fierce fight to restore automatic daily room cleaning at major hotel chains, saying they have been saddled with unmanageable workloads, or in many cases, fewer hours and a decline in income.
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Alexandra Olson, San Antonio Express-News, 2 Sep. 2024
At the time, some industry observers had concerns about how virtualization might decimate server vendors’ bottom lines by enabling customers to consolidate workloads and reduce their hardware spend.
—Liran Zvibel, Forbes, 16 Aug. 2024
The second-round draft pick from Penn State was supposed to be another pass-catching option for Trevor Lawrence and the Jacksonville Jaguars, a guy who could shoulder some of fellow tight end Evan Engram’s heavy workload.
—Mark Long, Orlando Sentinel, 9 Aug. 2024
The top three cloud market leaders—Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, and Google Cloud—each reported double-digit sales growth gains and in total and generated during the second quarter, as AI investments ramped up and businesses shifted more of their workloads to the cloud.
—John Kell, Fortune, 7 Aug. 2024
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Alexandra Olson, San Antonio Express-News, 2 Sep. 2024
At the time, some industry observers had concerns about how virtualization might decimate server vendors’ bottom lines by enabling customers to consolidate workloads and reduce their hardware spend.
—Liran Zvibel, Forbes, 16 Aug. 2024
The second-round draft pick from Penn State was supposed to be another pass-catching option for Trevor Lawrence and the Jacksonville Jaguars, a guy who could shoulder some of fellow tight end Evan Engram’s heavy workload.
—Mark Long, Orlando Sentinel, 9 Aug. 2024
The top three cloud market leaders—Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, and Google Cloud—each reported double-digit sales growth gains and in total and generated during the second quarter, as AI investments ramped up and businesses shifted more of their workloads to the cloud.
—John Kell, Fortune, 7 Aug. 2024
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“Workload.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/workload. Accessed 20 Sep. 2024.
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