workload
noun
work·load
ˈwərk-ˌlōd 
1
: the amount of work or of working time expected or assigned
students with a heavy workload
2
: the amount of work performed or capable of being performed (as by a mechanical device) usually within a specific period
Examples of workload in a Sentence
Students complained about the heavy workload.
Recent Examples on the Web
Porter isn’t the only one who has benefitted from her prolific workload.
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Addie Morfoot, Variety, 6 Apr. 2024
Workers coming off of months of striking cited the area’s steep cost of living and strenuous workload as reasons necessitating a wage boost.
—Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 6 Apr. 2024
Teacher vacancies in England have increased 93% since 2019, and many teachers quit due to stress, low pay, and increasing workloads.
—Cameron Pugh, The Christian Science Monitor, 4 Apr. 2024
Even Kershaw’s workload has been altered, with the three-time Cy Young Award winner getting five days’ rest or more before 94 of his 132 starts over the last six years.
—Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 3 Apr. 2024
Our other three benchmarks focus on the CPU, using all available cores and threads, to rate a PC's suitability for processor-intensive workloads.
—PCMAG, 31 Mar. 2024
The report called for protective scheduling favoring shifts during cooler hours and workload reductions.
—The Arizona Republic, 27 Mar. 2024
But these labor disruptions have centered on staffing levels and workload, not pay, as the primary concern, said Michelle Collins, the dean of the College of Nursing and Health at Loyola University New Orleans.
—Ciara McCarthy, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 26 Mar. 2024
Vegetable harvests were hard and time consuming and his kids were cautious of maintaining the workload after the farm was in their hands.
—Wesley Parnell, Rolling Stone, 22 Mar. 2024
Addie Morfoot, Variety, 6 Apr. 2024
Workers coming off of months of striking cited the area’s steep cost of living and strenuous workload as reasons necessitating a wage boost.
—Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 6 Apr. 2024
Teacher vacancies in England have increased 93% since 2019, and many teachers quit due to stress, low pay, and increasing workloads.
—Cameron Pugh, The Christian Science Monitor, 4 Apr. 2024
Even Kershaw’s workload has been altered, with the three-time Cy Young Award winner getting five days’ rest or more before 94 of his 132 starts over the last six years.
—Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 3 Apr. 2024
Our other three benchmarks focus on the CPU, using all available cores and threads, to rate a PC's suitability for processor-intensive workloads.
—PCMAG, 31 Mar. 2024
The report called for protective scheduling favoring shifts during cooler hours and workload reductions.
—The Arizona Republic, 27 Mar. 2024
But these labor disruptions have centered on staffing levels and workload, not pay, as the primary concern, said Michelle Collins, the dean of the College of Nursing and Health at Loyola University New Orleans.
—Ciara McCarthy, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 26 Mar. 2024
Vegetable harvests were hard and time consuming and his kids were cautious of maintaining the workload after the farm was in their hands.
—Wesley Parnell, Rolling Stone, 22 Mar. 2024
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Word History
First Known Use
1899, in the meaning defined at sense 1
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workload
noun
work·load
ˈwərk-ˌlōd
1
: the amount of work or of working time expected or assigned
students with a heavy workload
2
: the amount of work performed or capable of being performed usually within a specific period
a machine's workload
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