division of labor
noun phrase
: the breakdown of labor into its components and their distribution among different persons, groups, or machines to increase productive efficiency
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This division of labor mirrors how human teams function, with different members playing distinct but interdependent roles.
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Gopikrishnan Anilkumar, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
In retrospect, Hamas’s decision to stay out of the 2022 confrontation appears to have been a division of labor agreed upon with Islamic Jihad—one that allowed Hamas more freedom to prepare for the October 7 attacks.
—Leila Seurat, Foreign Affairs, 26 Aug. 2025
Division of labor The division of labor appeared to be determined by size, with larger orcas acting as strikers, while smaller orcas tended to work as helpers.
—Brendan Rascius, Miami Herald, 5 Aug. 2025
Each new challenge is framed as a test of whether the participants could hack it in what we’re supposed to believe is a harder but somehow truer, more rewarding, and—in an assumption about the division of labor that veers disconcertingly close to essentialism—more natural world.
—Judy Berman, Time, 10 July 2025
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Gopikrishnan Anilkumar, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
In retrospect, Hamas’s decision to stay out of the 2022 confrontation appears to have been a division of labor agreed upon with Islamic Jihad—one that allowed Hamas more freedom to prepare for the October 7 attacks.
—Leila Seurat, Foreign Affairs, 26 Aug. 2025
Division of labor The division of labor appeared to be determined by size, with larger orcas acting as strikers, while smaller orcas tended to work as helpers.
—Brendan Rascius, Miami Herald, 5 Aug. 2025
Each new challenge is framed as a test of whether the participants could hack it in what we’re supposed to believe is a harder but somehow truer, more rewarding, and—in an assumption about the division of labor that veers disconcertingly close to essentialism—more natural world.
—Judy Berman, Time, 10 July 2025
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“Division of labor.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/division%20of%20labor. Accessed 16 Sep. 2025.
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