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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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For example, if allergies are due to pollen, staying indoors, using sunglasses or rinsing off your face after exposure can help decrease allergen load around your eyes.—
Neelam Patadia,
The Conversation,
27 May 2026
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Recently, Boston Dynamics showed how Atlas learned heavy lifting through reinforcement learning and simulation, carrying shifting loads like mini-fridges just weeks after its public debut.—
Jijo Malayil,
Interesting Engineering,
27 May 2026
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Madix took over hosting duties in 2024.—
Carolyn Burt,
Oc Register,
29 May 2026
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Her effortless, model-off-duty style rarely misses.—
Reece Andavolgyi,
InStyle,
29 May 2026
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And Vizakis now has the behemoth task of trying to keep it that way.—
Brendan Connelly,
Boston Herald,
29 May 2026
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That task was best tackled by the great Brazilian poet Carlos Drummond de Andrade, whose tribute, published in the Jornal do Brasil, captured the nuances of the collective mood.—
Jack Lang,
New York Times,
28 May 2026
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When the fabric is right, your comfort is sure to follow — but choosing pieces that are also work-appropriate is trickier.—
Tanya Sharma,
PEOPLE,
29 May 2026
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In her 2008 work Mirror Play, San Francisco Poets Theatre Beloved’s Carla Harryman employs a field of speakers as an engine for organizing meaning between interior perception and exterior reality.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
29 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 31 May. 2026.
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