workloads

noun

plural of workload
as in loads
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 company positions it as a daily-use model rather than one reserved only for the most demanding workloads. — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 24 July 2026 Nvidia announced a partnership with Hugging Face, a popular developer of AI models and data sets, that will add a training service to its website that uses Nvidia DGX Cloud, allowing users to tap the chipmaker's servers to handle their workloads. — Kai Nicol-Schwarz, CNBC, 24 July 2026 Third, establish governance mechanisms that match workloads to the least expensive model capable of performing them reliably. — Paul Keary, Fortune, 23 July 2026 Nvidia’s internal testing claims a slight performance edge over AMD’s current server chips in integer workloads. — Steve McDowell, Forbes.com, 23 July 2026 Telnyx operates its own global communications network and has expanded into AI inference infrastructure and AI voice orchestration, allowing communications workloads and AI workloads to run closer together. — Lyssanoel Frater, USA Today, 22 July 2026 That means better compensation, realistic workloads, meaningful onboarding, ongoing professional development, mentoring, and clear communication from school and district leaders. — Timothy Baghurst, The Orlando Sentinel, 17 July 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for workloads
  1. loads
  2. duties
  3. tasks
  4. jobs
  5. works
Noun
  • Why the farmer’s walk works Walking with heavy loads recruits nearly every major muscle group, with particular activation in the core and lower body.
    — Hanna Wickes, Miami Herald, 24 July 2026
  • Flaxseeds From lowering cholesterol to lowering the risk of certain diseases, flaxseeds come with loads of health benefits.
    — Audrey Noble, Vogue, 24 July 2026
Definition of loads
Noun
  • All the duties remain, just somewhere more restorative than the Oval Office.
    — Nicole Kliest, Vogue, 26 July 2026
  • Any tariffs that result from these investigations could be stacked on top of other duties.
    — Elisabeth Buchwald, CNN Money, 25 July 2026
Definition of duties
Noun
  • Robots need large amounts of such data to learn how people perform tasks and interact with their surroundings.
    — Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 19 July 2026
  • Rearrange a schedule, automate a reminder, or create a small system that keeps bills, tasks, or energy from leaking through the cracks.
    — Tarot.com, Hartford Courant, 18 July 2026
Definition of tasks
Noun
  • Job cuts loom Volkswagen employs about 650,000 people globally and had already announced plans to cut 50,000 jobs in Germany by 2030.
    — Hanna Ziady, CNN Money, 24 July 2026
  • Critics warn that dramatic increases could force small businesses to reduce hiring, automate more jobs, or raise prices.
    — Doug Melville, Forbes.com, 24 July 2026
Definition of jobs
Noun
  • Boseman’s parents, Leroy and Carolyn, accuse Simone Ledward Boseman of violating a court order mandating the distribution of funds and mismanaging the company that holds Chadwick’s rights and prior works.
    — Winston Cho, HollywoodReporter, 23 July 2026
  • Association of University Presses (AUPresses) members share a commitment to advancing knowledge and have long published scholarly works that contribute to understanding many complex subjects, particularly in the humanities and social sciences.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 23 July 2026
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