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
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Students complained about the heavy workload.
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Andrew Cunningham, ArsTechnica, 1 June 2026
As data flows and workloads operate dynamically, employees are logging in from airports, coffee shops, other business entities and home offices.
—Morey Haber, Forbes.com, 1 June 2026
That’s despite growing appeal as the oldest baby boomers are turning 80 this year and the United States faces a deepening shortage of home care aides, driven by low wages, high turnover and demanding workloads.
—Matt O’Brien, Los Angeles Times, 1 June 2026
At the influential Computex conference in Taiwan, CEO Jensen Huang focused the first half of his keynote address on the data center and the wonders of Nvidia's Vera computing platform for agentic AI workloads.
—Zev Fima, CNBC, 1 June 2026
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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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