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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 workloads
The Dublin data center, which can run both cloud and AI workloads, has a total capacity of about 110 megawatts.
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April Roach,gaelle Legrand, CNBC, 11 Mar. 2026
The Panthers are managing a slew of injuries and are managing the workloads of several players down the stretch.
—Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 11 Mar. 2026
The researchers exposed the models to varying levels of tone from managers, reward equality, job stakes, and work intensity, including unfair pay, rude management and heavy workloads.
—Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 7 Mar. 2026
The constellation promises to harness the abundant power from the Sun while processing AI workloads in space, offering an alternative to building energy-guzzling data centers on Earth’s surface.
—Michael Kan, PC Magazine, 7 Mar. 2026
Nvidia is the leading maker of chips for AI workloads.
—Bloomberg Wire, Dallas Morning News, 6 Mar. 2026
By reducing medical providers’ workloads, these tools can help curb physician burnout, a problem that has plagued the medical field for years.
—Emily Brindley, Chicago Tribune, 5 Mar. 2026
Tang noted that rising AI workloads worldwide are increasing electricity demand, reinforcing the urgency of clean energy breakthroughs.
—Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 4 Mar. 2026
Fried and Warren are also coming off career-high workloads, while Weathers and Gil have notable injury histories.
—Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 26 Feb. 2026
April Roach,gaelle Legrand, CNBC, 11 Mar. 2026
The Panthers are managing a slew of injuries and are managing the workloads of several players down the stretch.
—Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 11 Mar. 2026
The researchers exposed the models to varying levels of tone from managers, reward equality, job stakes, and work intensity, including unfair pay, rude management and heavy workloads.
—Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 7 Mar. 2026
The constellation promises to harness the abundant power from the Sun while processing AI workloads in space, offering an alternative to building energy-guzzling data centers on Earth’s surface.
—Michael Kan, PC Magazine, 7 Mar. 2026
Nvidia is the leading maker of chips for AI workloads.
—Bloomberg Wire, Dallas Morning News, 6 Mar. 2026
By reducing medical providers’ workloads, these tools can help curb physician burnout, a problem that has plagued the medical field for years.
—Emily Brindley, Chicago Tribune, 5 Mar. 2026
Tang noted that rising AI workloads worldwide are increasing electricity demand, reinforcing the urgency of clean energy breakthroughs.
—Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 4 Mar. 2026
Fried and Warren are also coming off career-high workloads, while Weathers and Gil have notable injury histories.
—Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 26 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for workloads
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This approach allows for ramping up or down instantly to maintain high efficiency across varying loads and perfectly match the natural, fluctuating power profile of the sun and wind.—
Mrigakshi Dixit,
Interesting Engineering,
12 Mar. 2026
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The Type 00 gave Jaguar loads of new identity—being large, distinctive-looking, and very pink—but that identity wasn’t a universal hit with the purists, which is probably why Jaguar persisted anyway.—
Erik Shilling,
Robb Report,
10 Mar. 2026
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The handsome Lieutenant Portuondo (Adam Poss) regularly stops by for inspections as part of his military duties, but his growing attraction to Maria Celia soon leads to more informal encounters.—
Emily McClanathan,
Chicago Tribune,
9 Mar. 2026
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Next to him is guitarist Khrystian Ramos, focused and business-minded, balancing band duties with outside ventures that include a successful seafood business.—
Tomás Mier,
Rolling Stone,
9 Mar. 2026
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No workers for mundane tasks Diez revealed that manufacturers worldwide are struggling to find laborers for highly repetitive physical tasks.—
Atharva Gosavi,
Interesting Engineering,
9 Mar. 2026
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HostArmada puts all its eggs in the virtual machine/virtualization basket, which may impede you from deploying Windows-specific applications, building custom hardware configurations, or running GPU-intensive tasks.—
Gabriel Zamora,
PC Magazine,
8 Mar. 2026
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Since July, Beijing has tried to curb excessive competition within industries while at the same time making sure jobs are protected.—
Bloomberg News,
Bloomberg,
9 Mar. 2026
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Despite the explosion of AI creating more tech jobs, competition for those entry-level roles is just as hard.—
Orianna Rosa Royle,
Fortune,
8 Mar. 2026
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Many works of Georges Méliès are even believed to have been burned as the original negatives, as the nitrate film stock is incredibly fragile and inflammable.—
Munis Raza,
Interesting Engineering,
9 Mar. 2026
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The organization was founded in 1992 with a series of artist commissions and installations for specific places, focused on public engagement with the arts and the social and political contexts explored in these works.—
Lisa Deaderick,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
8 Mar. 2026
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“Workloads.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/workloads. Accessed 15 Mar. 2026.
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