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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
Its energy, materials, bioscience, and astrophysics workloads remain frontier-class.
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Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 2 Sep. 2025
Zoho Projects, for example, can generate in-depth reports on issues, tasks, time logs, and workloads using substantially more types of charts and graphs.
—PC Magazine, 2 Sep. 2025
Of course, at the age of 8, one of the biggest injustices that Shariat, now 32, had was having to juggle her homework with her Kumon workload after school.
—Alyce Collins, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Aug. 2025
The offer was impossible to ignore: a lucrative buyout from a private equity firm, a clear exit strategy, and the promise of a lighter workload.
—Ascend Agency, Mercury News, 28 Aug. 2025
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Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 2 Sep. 2025
Zoho Projects, for example, can generate in-depth reports on issues, tasks, time logs, and workloads using substantially more types of charts and graphs.
—PC Magazine, 2 Sep. 2025
Of course, at the age of 8, one of the biggest injustices that Shariat, now 32, had was having to juggle her homework with her Kumon workload after school.
—Alyce Collins, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Aug. 2025
The offer was impossible to ignore: a lucrative buyout from a private equity firm, a clear exit strategy, and the promise of a lighter workload.
—Ascend Agency, Mercury News, 28 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for workload
Noun
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The franchise catcher has been load-managed for the sake of keeping him to this point in the season without dealing with a nagging injury.—
Fabian Ardaya,
New York Times,
6 Sep. 2025
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Reportedly, moments later, a tractor-trailer hauling a load of sugar reportedly slammed into the van, ejecting her from the vehicle and pinning her underneath.—
Amber Corrine,
VIBE.com,
5 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Camilla wasn't the only royal who had official duties on Thursday.—
Meredith Kile,
PEOPLE,
5 Sep. 2025
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Detailed occupations in the SOC with similar job duties, skills, education or training are grouped together.—
Kelly Phillips Erb,
Forbes.com,
4 Sep. 2025
Noun
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On taking the job last year, Enzo Maresca knew that his say in transfers at Stamford Bridge would be limited and that his main task was to concentrate on coaching the team.—
James McNicholas,
New York Times,
8 Sep. 2025
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The board placed the task of arts grants distribution into the hands of the Parks and Culture Committee and decided to transition its distribution formula to one that divided the total pot of arts funding allocated in the county budget equally among all qualified groups, Tarantino said.—
Claudia Levens,
jsonline.com,
8 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Her 2002 work depicts two women (herself and her now-wife) embracing on a bed.—
Mandalit del Barco,
NPR,
24 Aug. 2025
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But the students’ work also generated acclaim from community members who praised their ingenuity and courage in holding the foundation accountable in the face of backlash from school administration.—
Kristen Taketa,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
6 Aug. 2025
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Seventy-six percent described providing multiple lines of care as almost like a full-time job.—
Aliss Higham,
MSNBC Newsweek,
3 Sep. 2025
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Want to stand out, grow your network, and get more job opportunities?—
Ernestine Siu,
CNBC,
3 Sep. 2025
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“Workload.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/workload. Accessed 8 Sep. 2025.
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