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the amount of work that is expected to be done
Students complained about the heavy workload.
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Recent Examples of workload
If the workloads that justify the hyperscaler capex boom can be handled locally and cheaply, the house of cards Klement described starts to look structurally unstable from the foundation.
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Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 24 May 2026
Versus other iPads and Android tablets, this is the clear choice for photo editing and other media workloads.
—Matthew Buzzi, PC Magazine, 23 May 2026
Achane nursing an undisclosed injury and ideally being shelved until the regular season, the Dolphins must find four tailbacks who can handle the workload for training camp and the preseason.
—Omar Kelly, Miami Herald, 22 May 2026
For server workloads, where thermal design power (TDP) is tightly constrained across dense rack deployments, that transistor-level efficiency gain has practical downstream consequences.
—Aditya Jadhav, Interesting Engineering, 22 May 2026
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Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 24 May 2026
Versus other iPads and Android tablets, this is the clear choice for photo editing and other media workloads.
—Matthew Buzzi, PC Magazine, 23 May 2026
Achane nursing an undisclosed injury and ideally being shelved until the regular season, the Dolphins must find four tailbacks who can handle the workload for training camp and the preseason.
—Omar Kelly, Miami Herald, 22 May 2026
For server workloads, where thermal design power (TDP) is tightly constrained across dense rack deployments, that transistor-level efficiency gain has practical downstream consequences.
—Aditya Jadhav, Interesting Engineering, 22 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for workload
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Levi’s went on a prolific streak of collaborations by releasing three collections with Nike and Jordan Brand from last July through January, and during that time and onward denim has been popping up on loads more in-line releases under the Nike umbrella.—
Ian Servantes,
Footwear News,
20 May 2026
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The company’s earlier Flex 1 model already demonstrated strong hardware performance with 25 degrees of freedom, a 380-gram weight, 66 pounds (30 kilograms) load capacity, and 20-newton fingertip force.—
Jijo Malayil,
Interesting Engineering,
20 May 2026
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Uthmeier has also argued that the government has a duty to protect children who didn’t have a say in not being raised by both biological parents.—
Ann Marie Luft,
The Orlando Sentinel,
14 May 2026
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The bipartisan support for the measure comes at a time when federal closures have become longer and more frequent, frustrating lawmakers who say there should be punishment when Congress fails at its most basic legislative duty.—
Joey Cappelletti,
Los Angeles Times,
14 May 2026
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Kubiak has experience going against the group in practices last season, but facing his former boss in Mike MacDonald will be a tall task.—
Sam Warren,
New York Times,
15 May 2026
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Another task involved answering elementary school questions with a giant pencil, and the final showdown was over a Plinko-esque game with specialized chips.—
Patrick Connolly,
The Orlando Sentinel,
14 May 2026
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The offense needs a lot of work, and Monken, who has 11 years of NFL offensive coaching experience (though never as a head coach), is tasked with fixing it.—
Saad Yousuf,
New York Times,
15 May 2026
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The new ranch comes with a coffee-drinking porch (mandatory), but it is weathered, rustic and needs work.—
Bryan Alexander,
USA Today,
15 May 2026
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Next time let’s do our job and bring it to my front door REAL TIME.—
Ile-Ife Okantah,
Vulture,
25 May 2026
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Rudd has previously spoken candidly about working odd jobs in the '90s while pursuing his dream of being a working actor.—
Toria Sheffield,
PEOPLE,
25 May 2026
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“Workload.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/workload. Accessed 28 May. 2026.
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