WORKLOAD Synonyms: 44 Similar and Opposite Words

workload

noun

Definition of workload

as in load

the amount of work that is expected to be done Students complained about the heavy workload.

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Recent Examples of workload Adaptive cruise control reduced the workload on long interstate stretches. — Chris Hardesty, AJC.com, 11 Sep. 2026 That could become particularly useful when pilots face extreme workloads. — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 11 Sep. 2026 Several family members streaming or joining video calls at once create a different workload from connected devices sitting mostly idle. — Matthew Kayser, Ascend Agency, 10 Sep. 2026 The Dodgers, for the first time navigating what was expected to be a full season of two-way play from Ohtani, leaned on his expertise while managing his workload. — Maddie Lee, Los Angeles Times, 10 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for workload

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Even when port maneuvering and unloading on diesel power, the battery helps reduce the load on the engines.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 16 Sep. 2026
So even though Williams, 27, is one of the team’s top players, no one from coaching or training staff has approached him (and his 80 career games) about load management.

— Chad Graff, New York Times, 16 Sep. 2026

Definition of load

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Let the national flag float over every schoolhouse in the country and the exercises be such as shall impress upon our youth the patriotic duties of American citizenship.

— Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 22 Sep. 2026
Pembroke Pines officers asked the sheriff’s office to handle the homicide investigation — John retired from the Pembroke Pines Police Department following nearly 28 years of service and his on-duty motorcycle crash.

— Devoun Cetoute, Miami Herald, 22 Sep. 2026

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Reducing the information burden on pilots could also free aircraft bandwidth for otlher mission tasks.

— Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 17 Sep. 2026
His point is that although LLMs, no less than chess engines and other specialist systems, are trained on a specific task—namely, predicting the next word in a text passage—that task is special.

— George Musser, Scientific American, 17 Sep. 2026

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