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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
Staffing shortages at other air traffic control facilities may require alternate plans, such as transitioning workloads from one facility with fewer controllers, to another that is appropriately staffed.
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Fortune, 13 Oct. 2025
Its 6 cores and 12 threads breeze through games and everyday workloads without breaking a sweat.
—PC Magazine, 13 Oct. 2025
Bazardo threw 39 pitches, which is the kind of workload that a day’s rest doesn’t automatically reset.
—Grant Brisbee, New York Times, 12 Oct. 2025
While Celebrini’s line and Alexander Wennberg’s line had an uneven night at even strength, while facing a bigger workload, Dellandrea and company outchanced their opponents at even strength.
—Curtis Pashelka, Mercury News, 12 Oct. 2025
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Fortune, 13 Oct. 2025
Its 6 cores and 12 threads breeze through games and everyday workloads without breaking a sweat.
—PC Magazine, 13 Oct. 2025
Bazardo threw 39 pitches, which is the kind of workload that a day’s rest doesn’t automatically reset.
—Grant Brisbee, New York Times, 12 Oct. 2025
While Celebrini’s line and Alexander Wennberg’s line had an uneven night at even strength, while facing a bigger workload, Dellandrea and company outchanced their opponents at even strength.
—Curtis Pashelka, Mercury News, 12 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for workload
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Frank’s selection decisions since he was appointed at Spurs suggest load management has been at the forefront of his mind.—
Mark Carey,
New York Times,
17 Oct. 2025
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That’s a heavy load to balance — on top of a slew of symbols and metaphors.—
Frank Rizzo,
Variety,
17 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Some of the 12 players who were away on international duty returned to training yesterday.—
Paul Taylor,
New York Times,
16 Oct. 2025
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Perozek already held that title, but after Lisa Thompson resigned as executive editor in July the job description of managing editor was rewritten to include duties that previously had been the executive editor's.—
Bill Bowden,
Arkansas Online,
16 Oct. 2025
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This was my challenge, my task.—
Sam Lipsyte,
New Yorker,
19 Oct. 2025
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But – even if the ceasefire holds – the scale of the task is Herculean.—
Kara Fox,
CNN Money,
19 Oct. 2025
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Hernández writes that the industrialization and nationalization of the economy in the late nineteenth century meant that large numbers of men were frequently thrown out of work.—
JSTOR Daily,
JSTOR Daily,
21 Oct. 2025
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How will the safe sleep lot work?—
Grace Tucker,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
21 Oct. 2025
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While on his jobs, Colter often has close calls with law enforcement, leading Reenie, a lawyer, to swoop in and save the day.—
Angel Saunders,
PEOPLE,
22 Oct. 2025
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And most of these jobs don’t require a computer science degree or even coding skills.—
Kim Komando The Kim Komando Show,
FOXNews.com,
21 Oct. 2025
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“Workload.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/workload. Accessed 22 Oct. 2025.
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