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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
At first glance, that efficiency is appealing, particularly as community pharmacies face staffing shortages and increasing workload pressures.
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Mark A. Munger, STAT, 13 Feb. 2026
Once fully operational, the campus is designed to deliver 1GW of capacity, giving the company flexibility to run both its core digital platforms and fast-growing AI workloads.
—Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 12 Feb. 2026
Walker made the best of the heavier workload, rushing for 313 yards on 65 attempts with four touchdowns, three of which coming in the 41-6 rout of the San Francisco 49ers.
—Scott Thompson, FOXNews.com, 12 Feb. 2026
He’ll be aided by the schedule; the Dodgers have four off days over their first four weeks of the regular season, which should help with workload concerns.
—Katie Woo, New York Times, 12 Feb. 2026
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Mark A. Munger, STAT, 13 Feb. 2026
Once fully operational, the campus is designed to deliver 1GW of capacity, giving the company flexibility to run both its core digital platforms and fast-growing AI workloads.
—Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 12 Feb. 2026
Walker made the best of the heavier workload, rushing for 313 yards on 65 attempts with four touchdowns, three of which coming in the 41-6 rout of the San Francisco 49ers.
—Scott Thompson, FOXNews.com, 12 Feb. 2026
He’ll be aided by the schedule; the Dodgers have four off days over their first four weeks of the regular season, which should help with workload concerns.
—Katie Woo, New York Times, 12 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for workload
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But with the other two gone, can Leonard carry the load?—
Janis Carr,
Oc Register,
19 Feb. 2026
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Autonomous aircraft can move smaller loads more discreetly.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
17 Feb. 2026
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Lensed on 16mm by Frimmel, who handled DP duties, while Covi is credited as both screenwriter and co-editor, the film has a grainy old-school look that adds to the general sense of time gone by.—
Jordan Mintzer,
HollywoodReporter,
19 Feb. 2026
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His character, known as the Father, balances his work as a contract killer with his duties as a dad to his 10-year-old son (Callum Vinson).—
Randall Colburn,
Entertainment Weekly,
19 Feb. 2026
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Her first urgent task is to address rising prices and sluggish wages and pass a budget bill to fund those measures, which were delayed by the election.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
19 Feb. 2026
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Another worry is that if AI succeeds in creating tools to do complicated tasks more cheaply, companies in industries as far flung as software and legal services and trucking logistics could see their businesses get undercut.—
Stan Choe,
Los Angeles Times,
19 Feb. 2026
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The researchers are hopeful that their work will help advance hydrovoltaic devices that can power battery-free devices using water, heat, and sunlight.—
Ameya Paleja,
Interesting Engineering,
20 Feb. 2026
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Grillmair’s work had focused on uncovering the structure of the Milky Way, identifying faint stellar streams and substructures that make up the galactic halo surrounding our spiral galaxy, and helping reshape our understanding of how galaxies evolve, according to his website.—
Clara Harter,
Los Angeles Times,
20 Feb. 2026
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With the right development, the cost of residing here could be more affordable than typical; that would be attractive for the thousands of lower-paying jobs in the area.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
16 Feb. 2026
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Set against a backdrop of oppressive heat and drought, the narrative follows Isabel, a 17-year-old from the rural north who takes a job at an upscale country club outside Manila.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
15 Feb. 2026
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“Workload.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/workload. Accessed 22 Feb. 2026.
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