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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
Connors said Nvidia worked with Supermicro to configure and test the systems against heavy workloads so Supermicro could sell the products to customers.
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Amanda Gerut, Fortune, 6 Apr. 2026
Robinson added 17 points, 11 rebounds, two steals and a block, and both Mikal Bridges (23 minutes) and Josh Hart (28) saw lightened workloads as the Knicks made quick work of the Bulls on Friday.
—Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 4 Apr. 2026
Within a few years, hefty workloads will run on a chip inside the phone.
—Mackenzie Sigalos, CNBC, 4 Apr. 2026
Confronted with larger workloads and a shrinking headcount, AI — both the kind officially approved by companies and more surreptitious uses — has made its way via support staff into essential Hollywood workflows, including the creative development process.
—Mia Galuppo, HollywoodReporter, 3 Apr. 2026
Geekbench is designed to offer a range of workloads written in different styles, but Intel's BOT replaces some of those workloads with binaries designed and optimized for that CPU.
—Jon Martindale, PC Magazine, 1 Apr. 2026
With the playoffs fast approaching, Celtics head coach Joe Mazzulla has begun scaling back the workloads of his most important players.
—Zack Cox, Boston Herald, 31 Mar. 2026
For now, Amazon has helped customers to migrate their workloads to data centers in other regions as disruptions persist.
—John Liu, CNN Money, 31 Mar. 2026
This likely results in special education teachers and specialists handling more cases, increasing workloads in a job category that’s already difficult to staff.
—Kendrick Calfee, Kansas City Star, 31 Mar. 2026
Amanda Gerut, Fortune, 6 Apr. 2026
Robinson added 17 points, 11 rebounds, two steals and a block, and both Mikal Bridges (23 minutes) and Josh Hart (28) saw lightened workloads as the Knicks made quick work of the Bulls on Friday.
—Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 4 Apr. 2026
Within a few years, hefty workloads will run on a chip inside the phone.
—Mackenzie Sigalos, CNBC, 4 Apr. 2026
Confronted with larger workloads and a shrinking headcount, AI — both the kind officially approved by companies and more surreptitious uses — has made its way via support staff into essential Hollywood workflows, including the creative development process.
—Mia Galuppo, HollywoodReporter, 3 Apr. 2026
Geekbench is designed to offer a range of workloads written in different styles, but Intel's BOT replaces some of those workloads with binaries designed and optimized for that CPU.
—Jon Martindale, PC Magazine, 1 Apr. 2026
With the playoffs fast approaching, Celtics head coach Joe Mazzulla has begun scaling back the workloads of his most important players.
—Zack Cox, Boston Herald, 31 Mar. 2026
For now, Amazon has helped customers to migrate their workloads to data centers in other regions as disruptions persist.
—John Liu, CNN Money, 31 Mar. 2026
This likely results in special education teachers and specialists handling more cases, increasing workloads in a job category that’s already difficult to staff.
—Kendrick Calfee, Kansas City Star, 31 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for workloads
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Once transported to the canyon, the modular components were assembled and put into place using one of the world’s largest cable cranes (cranes that move loads while suspended on cables), which spanned the gorge between the two towers.—
Aman Kumar,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
8 Apr. 2026
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According to Archer Western, HDR’s design engineers failed to properly account for wind loads — including hurricane winds — in an initial, partial design for the signature bridge arches that the contractor used to calculate construction costs and time for its bid.—
Andres Viglucci,
Miami Herald,
8 Apr. 2026
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But Setrakian claimed California and Texas law protect public officials from defamation claims even in fundraising so long as the offending comments can be reasonably connected to his official duties.—
Will Swaim,
Oc Register,
6 Apr. 2026
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Also in that story is a look at how the Padres catchers are balancing their offensive and defensive duties, and Jeff hustled out to the box seats atop the Green Monster to talk to the Padres fan who caught Machado’s homer.—
Kevin Acee,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
6 Apr. 2026
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The company launched ClawBot in March, which appears as a contact within WeChat, allowing its over one billion monthly active users to connect directly with OpenClaw and execute tasks through the messaging interface.—
Nicholas Gordon,
Fortune,
12 Apr. 2026
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Essential for tasks like guidance, this could help navigate things like submarines or deep-space probes without Global Positioning Systems (GPS) in the future.—
Christopher McFadden,
Interesting Engineering,
12 Apr. 2026
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The Clairton plant provides 1,200 manufacturing jobs and hundreds of millions in tax revenue to the area.—
Stephanie Armour,
CBS News,
13 Apr. 2026
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New Gallup polling finds that while more employees are using AI frequently in their work, there’s been an uptick in alarm that new technologies will replace their jobs.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
13 Apr. 2026
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How scholars became aware of the Gimo archive, which includes nineteen works for mandolin, collected in Italy by the son of a Swedish iron manufacturer in 1762.—
Tim Parks,
New Yorker,
11 Apr. 2026
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The exquisite works conceived by Taiwanese jeweler Cindy Chao for over two decades can trace their roots back two generations.—
Paige Reddinger,
Robb Report,
11 Apr. 2026
Cite this Entry
“Workloads.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/workloads. Accessed 13 Apr. 2026.
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