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 Asus Gaming Laptop Deal Tackle heavy workloads and intense gaming marathons without breaking a sweat using the Asus ROG Strix G16 Gaming Laptop. — Juhi Wadia, PC Magazine, 22 Oct. 2026 These tests will measure how effectively the hardware handles demanding workloads, although HPE has not disclosed specific processing speeds or expected benchmark results. — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 21 Oct. 2026 Anthropic said last month that its own validation workloads grew 25 fold in six months as Claude took over most of its code output. — Beatrice Nolan, Fortune, 21 Oct. 2026 Neoclouds offer specialized cloud infrastructure dedicated to AI workloads. — Lee Ying Shan, CNBC, 21 Oct. 2026 Astra will naturally cost the most to run, but Google’s system supports dynamically moving workloads between LLMs based on performance, latency, and efficiency. — Ryan Whitwam, ArsTechnica, 21 Oct. 2026 Tier workloads by business impact, such as systems that must be back within hours, those that can wait days, and those that can wait longer. — Michael Wu, Forbes.com, 20 Oct. 2026 They are also reflected in lesson plans, teachers’ workloads, classroom time, professional autonomy and the opportunities that disappear when preparing for a test becomes a central purpose of schooling. — Liza Bondurant, The Conversation, 19 Oct. 2026 Maia 200 is already running on production AI workloads across Microsoft, including Microsoft Copilot, GitHub Copilot, Microsoft Foundry, and Microsoft’s own AI models. — Tom Warren, The Verge, 12 Oct. 2026
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  1. loads
  2. duties
  3. tasks
  4. jobs
Noun
  • The deck replacement is necessary because traffic loads on the span have become increasingly heavy, and salt air has eroded bridge materials.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 16 Oct. 2026
  • According to Formlabs, this improves strength, toughness, heat resistance, and resistance to gradual deformation under sustained loads, while producing a harder, less tacky surface.
    — Michael Lydick, PC Magazine, 14 Oct. 2026
Definition of loads
Noun
  • The service previously operated the EC-130Q for TACAMO duties from 1963 through 1993, according to Lockheed Martin.
    — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 17 Oct. 2026
  • Rome — Pope Leo XIV left hospital Saturday, four days after undergoing lung cancer surgery in a swift return to his duties following the first health scare of his papacy.
    — Christopher Lamb, CNN Money, 17 Oct. 2026
Definition of duties
Noun
  • The software platform can manage workflows between human resources and IT, even if the tasks involve an outside chatbot such as Claude.
    — Sarah Min, CNBC, 16 Oct. 2026
  • Researchers trained it on tasks with known loopholes—ways to get rewarded without actually completing the task as intended— then gave it new challenges.
    — Beatrice Nolan, Fortune, 16 Oct. 2026
Definition of tasks
Noun
  • The Commission’s sovereignty framework considers the extent to which investment, jobs and value creation remain within the EU and European Economic Area.
    — Margot Edelman, Fortune, 23 Oct. 2026
  • But even for those of us who still have jobs, something corrosive is happening.
    — Brian Jenney, IEEE Spectrum, 23 Oct. 2026
Definition of jobs

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