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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
Still, for the cross-section of users who want to edit media and crunch other demanding workloads, the Area-51 is more than capable.
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Matthew Buzzi, PC Magazine, 26 July 2025
After finding Robinson while three defenders blitzed, Purdy finished his workload with a savvy checkdown to Patrick Taylor Jr., then a quick pass to Jordan Watkins while Mykel Williams and Bryce Huff collapsed the pocket.
—Cam Inman, Mercury News, 24 July 2025
Klapisch also noted that Fried could now be set for a significant workload reduction in the second half of the season, given his career-high innings pace and the onset of this injury.
—Peter Chawaga, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 July 2025
The Health Department was able to take on the MPS workload at that point because the cases were relatively minimal throughout the rest of the city that early in the year, Weber said.
—Alison Dirr, jsonline.com, 14 July 2025
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Matthew Buzzi, PC Magazine, 26 July 2025
After finding Robinson while three defenders blitzed, Purdy finished his workload with a savvy checkdown to Patrick Taylor Jr., then a quick pass to Jordan Watkins while Mykel Williams and Bryce Huff collapsed the pocket.
—Cam Inman, Mercury News, 24 July 2025
Klapisch also noted that Fried could now be set for a significant workload reduction in the second half of the season, given his career-high innings pace and the onset of this injury.
—Peter Chawaga, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 July 2025
The Health Department was able to take on the MPS workload at that point because the cases were relatively minimal throughout the rest of the city that early in the year, Weber said.
—Alison Dirr, jsonline.com, 14 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for workload
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The screens also have themes with some control over screen backgrounds, and there are loads of ambient lighting options.—
James Morris,
Forbes.com,
28 July 2025
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For example, another Reddit user showed off a photo of a load of groceries that Agent apparently purchased.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
28 July 2025
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Units that handle training would be most affected by Davis’ plan, which calls for 14 officers at the Police Academy to be moved to patrol duty.—
Austin Sanders,
Austin American Statesman,
29 July 2025
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The project stems from the creative partnership of Dennis Escobedo and Quentin Lee, who share writing and producing duties, with Lee also taking on directing responsibilities.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
28 July 2025
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The food truck team operators are judged on their culinary skills each week in a new town challenged with the task of creating dishes that will outsell their competition to stay in the competition.—
Susan Selasky,
Freep.com,
25 July 2025
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Counting clicks or pageviews doesn’t help if nobody is completing the core task.—
Pallishree Panigrahi,
Forbes.com,
24 July 2025
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But the story is more about his work and his life and his relationship to his mother and his relationship to his mentor, Isabella Blow, in a very theatrical performance.—
Steve Baltin,
Forbes.com,
19 July 2025
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The big question here is, how will this more-than-a-decade-old lens work with the latest and greatest autofocus?—
Julian Chokkattu,
Wired News,
19 July 2025
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Data showed across seven Valley cities that there were 158 full-time employees with a park ranger job title.—
Maritza Dominguez,
AZCentral.com,
24 July 2025
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Great companies create cultures where ideas matter more than job titles.—
JJ Rosen,
The Tennessean,
24 July 2025
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“Workload.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/workload. Accessed 2 Aug. 2025.
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